NEO-LAMARCKISM


Meaning of NEO-LAMARCKISM in English

add. ·noun lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by recent biologists, ·esp. as maintaining that the offspring inherits characters acquired by the parent from change of environment, use or disuse of parts, ·etc.;

— opposed of neo-darwinism (which see, above).

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