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NEO-DARWINISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("neo-Darwinism" is a kind of...):
Darwinism (a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection)
Derivation:
neo-Darwinian (of or relating to Darwin's theories as modified by modern genetic findings)
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