neo-Lamarckism

[ nee-oh-luh-mahr-kiz-uh m ]
/ ˌni oʊ ləˈmɑr kɪz əm /

noun Biology.

Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.

OTHER WORDS FROM neo-Lamarckism

ne·o-La·marck·i·an, adjective, noun ne·o-La·marck·ist, noun

Example sentences from the Web for neo-lamarckism

  • So we come to the only one of the present forms of evolution which remains for us to mention, viz., neo-Lamarckism.

    Creative Evolution |Henri Bergson

  • There, to our thinking, is one of the most solid positions of neo-Lamarckism.

    Creative Evolution |Henri Bergson

  • That is to say that neo-Lamarckism is no more able than any other form of evolutionism to solve the problem.

    Creative Evolution |Henri Bergson

British Dictionary definitions for neo-lamarckism

Neo-Lamarckism
/ (ˌniːəʊləˈmɑːkɪzəm) /

noun

a theory of evolution based on Lamarckism, proposing that environmental factors could lead to adaptive genetic changes

Derived forms of Neo-Lamarckism

Neo-Lamarckian, adjective, noun