HEREDITIES Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

heredities

noun

plural of heredity

as in genealogies

formal the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to a child Heredity plays no part in the disease.

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Noun

Sometimes, though, these genealogies of behavior can seem beside the point, serving only to dull one’s analysis of the situation.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
The scientists’ method reconstructs genealogies, or maps showing where different pieces of DNA came from and how they were passed down, revealing branches of our evolutionary past.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of genealogies

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Hutch seemed unhurt beyond a twisted knee, but Ed, stripped naked, was a mass of small cuts and bright greening bruises that made an awful background for ridges of clotted blood.

— Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
The survey data included morning blood draws from fasting military members.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of blood

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Federal authorities seized Omar's phone in the search and have issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including to some of her relatives, a person briefed on the probe told the AP this week.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Sztylerman said his father’s side of the family had also lost relatives in the Holocaust.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of relatives

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France has endured record-breaking successions of heatwaves this summer, which have led to massive wildfires and a spike in the normal death rate, according to French public health services.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Helaena, however, is not concerned with thrones or successions.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of successions

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Kurin is also senior author of a paper describing the methods that connected the former US president to Hemings’ descendants, which involved delving deep into the genetics of the Jefferson and Hemings family trees.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Many of them supplement the text with photographs, epigraphs, glossaries, family trees, sketches, timelines, variant tables of contents, alternating fonts and notes to the reader.

— Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of family trees

Noun

Both have become tools for wealthy families seeking easier travel or a fallback if political and economic conditions worsen at home.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
At least six families said health workers visited only after a child had died from measles in their community.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of families

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Its stated purpose is to help Democrats win competitive Pennsylvania House races and flip the chamber.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2026
Since then, American Future PAC has spent at least $30,000 across 10 promos targeting state races in Alabama, Illinois, Georgia and Maryland.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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