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Jen•sen•ism
( jen′sə niz′əm),USA pronunciation n.
Jen′sen•ist, Jen′sen•ite′, n., adj.
- Psychologythe theory that an individual's IQ is largely due to heredity, including racial heritage.
- 1965–70; after Arthur R. Jensen (born 1923), U.south, southern. educational psychologist, who proposed such a theory; see -ism