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cladism

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clad⋅ism

[klad-iz-uhm, kley-diz-]
–noun Biology.
the cladistic method of classification.

Origin:
1965; clad- + -ism
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cladism 
1966, from cladistic (1960), from Gk. klados "branch."
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