inheritance
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3.7
- noun
- /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns/
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herencia cultural
- I received a great inheritance from my grandparents that included their values and traditions.
- cultural inheritance
- own inheritance
- inheritance from the past
So there's not as much inheritance of ideas, of customs.
- So there's not as much inheritance of ideas, of customs.
- And part of the problem, I think is our inheritance from Marx.
- Anglo-Saxon England combines A Benedictine structure with some of this inheritance of Irish wandering.
- But nevertheless there is a weighty inheritance which will have to be dealt with in one way or another.
- And I just, it really, it really sort of struck home like, Oh my God, like that's the, that's the inheritance and the legacy which is waiting for you.
- Where we stop, we will still be dealing with the inheritance of the Roman Empire, the title of Chris Wickham's book, one of the books that we're going to be using a lot.
- That has become part of the inheritance of civilization.
- Like regardless of how you want to think about inheritance and what you have at birth, we have things like a social class at birth, we have citizenship at birth.
- Like thinking about all of these deep past inheritances play a role in how we shape and create these examined desired futures.
Examples
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What Southernness I possess is a maternal inheritance, the result of those summer visits to Oxford.
Academic text (1999) -
First, traditional patterns of inheritance based on customary law and practices often discriminate against women.
Academic text (2001) -
Later in life, he would grow into his inheritance from the English.
Academic text (1990) -
We were talking about my inheritance.
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That has become part of the inheritance of civilization.
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Her own mother had left her a tiny inheritance years ago, and she had made certain investments.
Fiction book (1996) -
Without their inheritance, this could easily be the twins' fate.
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It is our rightful inheritance.
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The sheikh is the master of the premises by virtue of inheritance or spiritual qualities.
Academic text (2008) -
This is part of your great-great- great-grandmother's inheritance... ...going all the way back to Kamehameha I.
Synonyms
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2.0
A custom or belief passed down in families and groups over time
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4.2
Things from the past that people keep and remember, for example money or achievements
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4.0
Traditions, beliefs, and customs people pass down in a family or society
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3.7
Traditions, objects, and customs people keep and pass on to future generations
Things, traditions and values family members pass down from earlier generations
Compounds
- Specialized
A scientific idea that explains how traits pass from parents to children in living things
- Specialized
A way a strong gene on the X chromosome causes a trait in children who inherit it
- Specialized
A pattern where a gene on the X chromosome causes males to have a trait and females to be carriers
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inheritance is related to the word heritage and the old idea of an heir who 'takes' what came before, so the word also means the qualities, traditions, or rights that are 'handed down' from earlier generations.