Lamarckism

Lamarckism
n. the theory of evolution devised by Lamarck, French botanist and zoologist (d. 1829), based on the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
Derivatives:
Lamarckian n. & adj.

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noun
a theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring
• Hyponyms: ↑Neo-Lamarckism

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\\-ärˌkizəm\ noun (-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: J. B. de Monet Lamarck, its formulator + English -ism
: a theory of organic evolution asserting that environmental changes cause structural changes in animals and plants especially by inducing new or increased use of organs or parts resulting in adaptive modification or greater development and similarly cause disuse and eventual atrophy of other parts and that such changes are transmitted to offspring — compare darwinism, evolution 5 b, neo-lamarckism

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/leuh mahr"kiz euhm/, n.
the Lamarckian theory that characteristics acquired by habit, use, or disuse may be passed on to future generations through inheritance.
[1880-85; LAMARCK + -ISM]

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Lamarckism /lä-märˈki-zm/
noun
The theory of the French naturalist JBPA de Monet de Lamarck (1744–1829) that species have developed by the efforts of organisms to adapt themselves to new conditions (also Lamarckˈianism)
Lamarckˈian adjective and noun

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