nonhereditary
IPA: nɑnhɝˈɛdʌtɛri
adjective
- Not hereditary; not passed down by inheritance.
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Examples of "nonhereditary" in Sentences
- Here is a rare, genetic, nonhereditary disorder in which certain genes are missing.
- Stress is another cause for changes in the hair alopecia areata, or temporary, nonhereditary hair loss, is caused by stress or trauma.
- Pond gets to the answer through a story from Cloud Man, or Maripa-wichashta, a nonhereditary chief who resided on the west shore of Lake Calhoun.
- It would be reasonable to expect that the proportion of nonhereditary MPs would rise with age—exactly the result that Mr. French's number-crunching yields.
- The current leadership includes some princelings, but they are counterbalanced by a rival nonhereditary group that includes President Hu Jintao, also the party chief, and Premier Wen Jiabao.
- In any case, his conclusion seems misguided: If nonhereditary MPs begin to enter Parliament's ranks in significant numbers once they have passed the age of 40, it's hard to extrapolate a worryingly dynastic future for the country's governance.
- The difference between Rome and Persia (and later between Byzantium and Persia) was the difference between semi-Western imperial officialdoms that were nonhereditary, and thus early prototypes of modern states, and a Persian society underpinned by tribal and clan relations.
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