nonhereditary
- a word derived from hereditary.
Example Sentences
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The death of most European monarchies after World War I did not signal the demise of lawless autocracy so much as its translation into the new form of nonhereditary dictatorships, Adolf Hitler’s first among them.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025
The timar was nonhereditary; upon the timariot’s death, the sultan awarded the vacant timar to someone else.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Evan, who turns 2 in December, was born with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare, nonhereditary genetic disorder that has a most cruel and unusual symptom - chronic hunger.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2017
Evan, who turns 2 in December, was born with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare, nonhereditary genetic disorder that has a most cruel and unusual symptom — chronic hunger.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2017
In later states, including most today, the leadership often became nonhereditary, and many states abandoned the entire system of formal hereditary classes carried over from chiefdoms.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
