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genetic determinism

genetic determinism

the doctrine that human and nonhuman animal behavior and mental activity are largely (or completely) controlled by the genetic constitution of the individual and that responses to environmental influences are for the most part innately determined. See biological determinism; determinism; nature–nurture.

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