genocentric

English

Etymology

From geno- +‎ -centric.

Adjective

genocentric (comparative more genocentric, superlative most genocentric)

  1. Focusing on genes or genetics.
    • 2006, Robin Headlam Wells, Johnjoe McFadden, Human nature: fact and fiction, page 16:
      Animal social behaviours, such as altruism, now yielded to genocentric theories such as kin selection and reciprocal altruism.
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