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genesic

American  
[juh-nes-ik, -nee-sik] / dʒəˈnɛs ɪk, -ˈni sɪk /

adjective

  1. pertaining to genesis or reproduction; genetic.

Etymology

Origin of genesic

genes(is) + -ic

Example Sentences

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Nations have not yet elevated the energy of genesic function to the dignity of an energy.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock

The nineteenth century is, in my eyes, a genesic era, in which new principles are elaborated, but in which nothing that is written shall endure.

From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

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