| ADJECTIVE | all | hereditary, familial, genetic, inherited, transmitted, transmissible | occurring among members of a family usually by heredity |
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| all | hereditary, ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent |
| Sounds | hhereh'dahteh.riy | |
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| Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | |
| Meaning | Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity. | |
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| Synonyms | familial, genetic, inherited, transmitted, transmissible | |
| Broader | inheritable, heritable | Capable of being inherited |
| Spanish | familiar, genético, heredado, hereditario, inherente, transimisible, transmisible | |
| Catalan | genètic, hereditari | |
| Nouns | heredity | the total of inherited attributes |
| heredity | the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next | |
| Meaning | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent. | |
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| Example | "hereditary monarchy" | |
| Synonyms | ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | inheritable, heritable | Capable of being inherited |
| Spanish | ancestral, hereditario, patrimonial, transmisible | |
| Catalan | ancestral, hereditari, patrimonial, transmissible | |
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