transformism
[trans-fawr-miz-uh m]
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noun Biology.
the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
such transformation itself.
any doctrine or instance of evolution.
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Origin of transformism
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Examples from the Web for transformism
Historical Examples of transformism
It does not enter into our plan to set down here the proofs of transformism.
Creative EvolutionHenri Bergson
Not only did Madame Clémence Royer initiate us into transformism.
If it is based only on the pure theory of transformism, there is nothing explained at all.
The Science and Philosophy of the OrganismHans Driesch
From zoology has arisen the study of transformism, which now dominates the whole of biology.
The Last LinkErnst Haeckel
Transformism makes no pretence to account for the origin of life, whether animal or vegetable.
The Old Riddle and the Newest AnswerJohn Gerard
transformism
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