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THEORY OF PREFORMATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does theory of preformation mean?
• THEORY OF PREFORMATION (noun)
The noun THEORY OF PREFORMATION has 1 sense:
1. a 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
Familiarity information: THEORY OF PREFORMATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• THEORY OF PREFORMATION (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A 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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
preformation; theory of preformation
Hypernyms ("theory of preformation" is a kind of...):
theory (a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena)
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