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neo-darwinism

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ne⋅o-Dar⋅win⋅ism

  [nee-oh-dahr-wi-niz-uhm]
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–noun Biology.
1. the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, esp. Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the inheritance of acquired characters.
2. any modern theory of evolution holding that species evolve by natural selection acting on genetic variation.
Origin:
1900–05

Related forms:
ne⋅o-Dar⋅win⋅i⋅an, adjective, noun
ne⋅o-Dar⋅win⋅ist, noun
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Ne·o-Dar·win·ism   (nē'ō-där'wə-nĭz'əm)   
n.  Darwinism as modified by the findings of modern genetics.
Ne'o-Dar·win'i·an (-där-wĭn'ē-ən) adj., Ne'o-Dar'win·ist n.
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Main Entry: neo–Dar·win·ism
Pronunciation: -'där-w&-"niz-&m
Function: noun
often capitalized N : a theory ofevolution that is a synthesis of Darwin's theory in terms of natural selection and modern population genetics —neo–Dar·win·ist /-n&st/ noun often capitalized N
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Neo-Darwinism Ne·o-Dar·win·ism (nē'ō-där'wə-nĭz'əm)
n.
Darwinism as modified by the findings of modern genetics.

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