Heritage
D.C. policy organization
Heritage is what passes from one generation to the next—property, traditions, cultural identity, or genetic traits.
A family's heritage might include land, heirlooms, or customs.
A nation's heritage encompasses its history, monuments, and shared values: The cathedral is part of our cultural heritage.
Heritage sites, heritage breeds, and heritage varieties are preserved for their historical or genetic significance.
Custom passed through generations
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
indigenous · ethnic · identity · language · crafts · dance · music · storytelling
Maintaining something's condition
- historic buildingsArchitecturally significant old structures
- landmarksDistinctive, recognizable locations
- monumentsStructures commemorating notable achievements
- restorationReturning something to condition
conservation · listed · protected · facades · estates · manors · castles · ruins
Descent from progenitors
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- forebearsAncestral family members
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
pedigree · family tree · roots · descent · parentage · forefathers · clan · dynasty
Visible features of terrain
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- parklandLand designated as park
UNESCO · reserves · habitats · forests · wetlands · geological · endemic species · conservation
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
ceremonies · indigenous · ethnic · identity · language · crafts · dance · music · storytelling · artifacts
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- historic buildingsArchitecturally significant old structures
- landmarksDistinctive, recognizable locations
- monumentsStructures commemorating notable achievements
restoration · conservation · listed · protected · facades · estates · manors · castles · ruins · townscape
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- forebearsAncestral family members
ancestors · pedigree · family tree · roots · descent · parentage · forefathers · clan · dynasty · kinship
landscape
Visible features of terrain
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
parkland · UNESCO · reserves · habitats · forests · wetlands · geological · endemic species · conservation · flora
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
livestock · seeds · biodiversity · pure-bred · landrace · germplasm · gene pool · strain · cultivar · selective
- Farm NamesGreen Acres, Happy Valley, Rolling Hills, Homestead, Meadowbrook
Heritagefuture
Time still to come
posterity · futurity · innovation · destiny · prospect
Heritagedestruction
Act of completely ruining
erasure · obliteration · iconoclasm · vandalism · demolition
Heritagemodernity
Being of present times
rootlessness · novelty · innovation · invention · newness
- family heritageTraditions passed through generations
- Native American heritageDescent from original Americans
- heritage preservationProtecting historical and cultural assets
- Asian heritageAncestry from Asia's peoples
- local heritagePlace-specific cultural inheritance
- cultural heritageInherited collective traditions
inheritance, inheritable, disinheritance, heritable, heritability