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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 mutationsplay

  Familiarity information: NEO-DARWINISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEO-DARWINISM (noun)


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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