genocentric

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adjective

Focusing on genes or genetics.

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Meanings

adjectivegenocentric (comparative more genocentric, superlative most genocentric)

comparative more genocentric · superlative most genocentric

  1. Focusing on genes or genetics.

    Animal social behaviours, such as altruism, now yielded to genocentric theories such as kin selection and reciprocal altruism.

    2006, Robin Headlam Wells, Johnjoe McFadden, Human nature: fact and fiction, page 16

Origin

From geno- + -centric.

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APA

genocentric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genocentric

MLA

“genocentric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genocentric. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “genocentric,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genocentric.

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