Geneticism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Geneticism is a noun meaning The belief that a text is best understood by studying its origins and history.
Meaning
The belief that a text is best understood by studying its origins and history.
Example Sentences
If the analysis of fluid texts requires a more sophisticated treatment of versions than we have heretofore witnessed, there is no doubt that geneticism makes a significant contribution.
Clines believes that a particular view of the nature of knowledge is promoted by the practice of geneticism: the belief that a text is best understood when its sources are reconstructed and its pre-history determined.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include genology, genesiology, monogenism, ideogeny, stemmatics, anthropogenetics.
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