acquired character
a noninheritable character that results from certain environmental influences.
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And further, our much-vaunted two thousand years of culture is a thing of the mind, an acquired character.
The Kempton-Wace Letters | Jack LondonPersonal temperament, acquired character, or external conditions may make the feeling greater or less.
Theoretical Ethics | Milton ValentineAlcoholic degeneration is not a functionally-produced modification, but it is an acquired character, as is lead poisoning.
Parenthood and Race Culture | Caleb Williams SaleebyEducation, mental, moral and physical, is limited by this inability to transmit acquired character to the persons educated.
The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) | W. Grant Hague, M.D.It is not the transmission of an acquired character, but the descent of a family trait the origin of which we do not know.
Psychotherapy | James J. Walsh
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