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imprinting

English

Noun

imprinting (countable and uncountable, plural imprintings)

  1. (psychology, ethology) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.

Derived terms

  • misimprinting
  • sexual imprinting

Verb

imprinting

  1. present participle of imprint

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imprinted

English

Etymology

From imprint +? -ed.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?m?p??nt?d/

Verb

imprinted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of imprint

Adjective

imprinted (comparative more imprinted, superlative most imprinted)

  1. Stamped or impressed.
  2. (genetics) Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome.
    • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 217:
      The inference is that there is an imprinted' gene somewhere on the X chromosome, which is normally switched on only on the paternal copy and that this gene somehow enhances the development of social adjustment [...].

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Derived terms

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