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LAMARCKISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Lamarckism" is a kind of...):
evolutionism; theory of evolution; theory of organic evolution ((biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Lamarckism"):
Neo-Lamarckism (a modern Lamarckian theory emphasizing the importance of environmental factors in genetic changes and retaining the notion of the inheritance of acquired characters)
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