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Hereditarianism

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The school of thought that heredity is more important than factors such as environment in determining intelligence and behaviour. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth wordnet

Etymology

From hereditarian + -ism.

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