HyperDic: theory_of_preformation

English > 1 sense of the expression theory of preformation:
NOUNcognitiontheory of preformation, preformationa theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell
English > theory of preformation: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell.
Synonympreformation
BroadertheoryA well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world

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