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synonyms for hereditary

  • genetic
  • inborn
  • transmitted
  • ancestral
  • bequeathed
  • family
  • genealogical
  • handed-down
  • heritable
  • inbred
  • inheritable
  • inherited
  • lineal
  • maternal
  • paternal
  • patrimonial
  • traditional
  • transmissible
  • willed
On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hereditary, such as: genetic, inborn, transmitted, ancestral, bequeathed, and family.

antonyms for hereditary

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  • acquired
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Furthermore, by the 14th century BC, the pharaohs created a separate military caste which was basically hereditary in its nature.
THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS OF THE NEW KINGDOMDATTATREYA MANDALJULY 6, 2022REALM OF HISTORY
The term gene was introduced later, in 1909, by the Danish biologist Wilhelm Johannsen to refer to the unit of hereditary material.
HOW WE GOT FROM GREGOR MENDEL’S PEA PLANTS TO MODERN GENETICSELIZABETH QUILLFEBRUARY 7, 2022SCIENCE NEWS
They respected the ritual specialists as guardians of ancient texts, the Vedas, and the priests gradually formed a hereditary class, the brahmins.
WHAT ANCIENT LAWS CAN TEACH US ABOUT HOLDING AUTOCRATS TO ACCOUNT TODAYFERNANDA PIRIEDECEMBER 23, 2021TIME
The PIEZ01 and PIEZ02 genes that Patapoutian discovered have also been implicated in a number of hereditary diseases involving proprioception.
NOBEL PRIZE AWARDED TO RESEARCHERS WHO PARSED HOW WE FEEL TEMPERATURE AND TOUCHCLAIRE MALDARELLIOCTOBER 4, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE
Much of this unwritten Constitution had deep roots in hereditary political powers of kings and noblemen.
THE STORY BEHIND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE'S MOST MEMORABLE LINEAKHIL REED AMARMAY 7, 2021TIME
He didn’t want to go through that again, and he didn’t want to subject his children to it in case the bad reaction was hereditary.
SMALLPOX ‘VIRUS SQUADS’ AND THE MANDATORY VACCINATIONS UPHELD BY THE SUPREME COURTGILLIAN BROCKELLAPRIL 1, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Some are questioning whether the institution can possibly survive the fallout of this interview—that claims of racism at the highest levels of the family will hasten the replacement of the monarchy with a non-hereditary head of state.
MEGHAN AND HARRY’S INTERVIEW WON’T END THE MONARCHY. BUT A RECKONING IS COMINGDAN STEWARTMARCH 9, 2021TIME
Hereditary legislation in the twentieth century and the most civilized country in the world!
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
Membership in the Virginia Council was considered a position of the greatest prestige and was almost an hereditary position.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEY
Being the hereditary Datto, the inhabitants of the valley generally sympathized with him, at least passively.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
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WORDS RELATED TO HEREDITARY

  • built-in
  • congenital
  • connatural
  • hereditary
  • inborn
  • inbred
  • ingrained
  • inherent
  • inherited
  • native
  • natural
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