acquired character

noun

, Genetics.

1. a noninheritable character that results from certain environmental influences.

Word History and Origins

Origin of acquired character¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

And further, our much-vaunted two thousand years of culture is a thing of the mind, an acquired character.

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Personal temperament, acquired character, or external conditions may make the feeling greater or less.

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Alcoholic degeneration is not a functionally-produced modification, but it is an acquired character, as is lead poisoning.

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Education, mental, moral and physical, is limited by this inability to transmit acquired character to the persons educated.

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It is not the transmission of an acquired character, but the descent of a family trait the origin of which we do not know.

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