hereditary

/hi'reditəri/

Thân thiện

The disease is hereditary in their family.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent: Refers to something, such as a title, property, or characteristic, that is passed down from one generation to the next according to legal or customary rules.
   • Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity: Refers to traits, conditions, or features that are transmitted genetically from parents to offspring.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The title of Duke is hereditary in their family. (The position is passed down according to rules of succession.)
  • Hemophilia is a hereditary condition. (The disease is passed through genes from parents to children.)
  • They lived in their hereditary home for centuries. (The family home was inherited over generations.)

Advanced Usage

• "Hereditary peer": In the British nobility, a peer whose title is inherited by descendants, as opposed to a life peer.
  • The House of Lords includes both hereditary and life peers.
• "Hereditary succession": The process by which a position, such as monarchy, passes to a family member, typically the eldest son.
  • The kingdom followed a system of hereditary succession.

Variants and Related Words

• Hereditarily (adverb): In a hereditary manner; by inheritance.
  • The position is hereditarily transmitted.
• Heredity (noun): The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next.
  • Genetics is the study of heredity.

Synonyms

• Inherited: Received from a predecessor.
• Genetic: Relating to genes or heredity.
• Ancestral: Of or inherited from ancestors.
• Familial: Occurring in or characteristic of a family.

Antonyms

• Acquired: Gained through effort or experience, not inherited.
• Nonhereditary: Not inherited.

Related Phrases and Concepts

• Hereditary disease/disorder: A medical condition caused by genetic mutations passed from parents.
  • Cystic fibrosis is a well-known hereditary disorder.
• Hereditary monarchy: A form of government where the monarch's position is inherited within a family.
  • The United Kingdom is a constitutional hereditary monarchy.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
   • ancestral home
   • ancestral lore
   • hereditary monarchy
   • patrimonial estate
   • transmissible tradition
2. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
   • an inherited disease
   • familial traits
   • genetically transmitted features

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ancestral
• patrimonial
• transmissible
• familial
• genetic
• inherited
• transmitted