hereditary
/hi'reditəri/
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
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ancestral home
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ancestral lore
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hereditary monarchy
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patrimonial estate
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transmissible tradition
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occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
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an inherited disease
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familial traits
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genetically transmitted features
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