genoism

English

Etymology

Coined by Andrew Niccol, director and writer of the 1997 film Gattaca.

Noun

genoism (uncountable)

1. Discrimination on the basis of genetic profile.
   • 2013, Sidney Eve Matrix, Cyberpop: Digital Lifestyles and Commodity Culture, →ISBN:

     Genoism, racism, and sexism are shown to be compatible and mutually reinforcing systems for maintainng socioeconomic inequality in the not-too-distant future, just as they were within the eugenics movement and within contemporary American culture.

   • 2014, John Weaver, The Failure of Evangelical Mental Health Care, →ISBN:

     Branham taught a quite literal form of Christian genoism, where salvation was dependent upon one's bloodline (Douglas Weaver 123–125).

   • 2017, Dalton Conley, Jason Fletcher, The Genome Factor: What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History & the Future, →ISBN:

     There is much written about privacy, “genoism” (genetic discrimination by the likes of insurance companies), and personalized medicine.

Anagrams

• geosmin, gomesin, misgone