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genetic.

Relating to genetics or genes.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk//d͡ʒɪˈnɛt.ɪk//ˈdʒɛ.nə.ʈɪk/South-Asia/ˈdʒɛn.ʈɪks/South-Asia
  1. Relating to genetics or genes.

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  2. Caused by genes.

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  3. Of or relating to origin (genesis).

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  4. Based on shared membership in a linguistic family.

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    Chinese has borrowed several words from English, but it does not have a genetic relationship to English.
  5. Based on a shared membership in a religious family.

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Where this word comes from

Coined from genesis, similarly to antithesis, antithetic. Reflects Ancient Greek γενετικός (genetikós), from γένεσις (génesis) + -κός (-kós). Ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). By surface analysis, gene + -tic or gen(esis) + -etic.

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