| NOUN | cognition | Lamarckism | a theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics / characteristics are transmitted to offspring |
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| Meaning | A theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics / characteristics are transmitted to offspring. | |
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| Narrower | Neo-Lamarckism | A modern Lamarckian theory emphasizing the importance of environmental factors in genetic changes and retaining the notion of the inheritance of acquired characters |
| Broader | theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution, evolutionism | (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals |
| Spanish | lamarckismo, lamarquismo | |
| Catalan | lamarckisme, lamarquisme | |
| Adjectives | Lamarckian | of or relating to Lamarckism |
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