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NEO-DARWINISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neo-Darwinism mean?
• NEO-DARWINISM (noun)
The noun NEO-DARWINISM has 1 sense:
1. a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations
Familiarity information: NEO-DARWINISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("neo-Darwinism" is a kind of...):
Darwinism (a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection)
Derivation:
neo-Darwinian (of or relating to Darwin's theories as modified by modern genetic findings)
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