geneticism
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]geneticism (uncountable)
- The belief that a text is best understood by studying its origins and history.
- 2002, John L. Bryant, The Fluid Text: A Theory of Revision and Editing for Book and Screen, page 75:
- 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.
- 2010, Jean-Paul Gedeon, Building Vision: A Constructivist-Developmental Approach to Spiritual Growth and Leadership, page 14:
- 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.