HEREDITARY
Dictionary entry overview: What does hereditary mean? • HEREDITARY (adjective)
The adjective HEREDITARY has 2 senses:
1. tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity
2. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
Familiarity information: HEREDITARY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HEREDITARY (adjective)
Meaning:
Tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity
Synonyms:
inherited; hereditary; genetic; familial; transmissible; transmitted
Context examples:
an inherited disease / familial traits / genetically transmitted features
Similar:
heritable; inheritable (that can be inherited)
Meaning:
Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
Synonyms:
ancestral; patrimonial; hereditary; transmissible
Context examples:
ancestral home / ancestral lore / hereditary monarchy / patrimonial estate / transmissible tradition
Similar:
heritable; inheritable (that can be inherited)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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