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TRANSFORMISM
Etymology
Noun
transformism (countable and uncountable, plural transformisms)
(evolutionary theory) The doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter.
Antonyms
• abiogenesis
Source: Wiktionary
Trans*form"ism, n. Etym: [F. transformisme.] (Biol.)
Definition: The hypothesis, or doctrine, that living beings have originated by the modification of some other previously existing forms of living matter; -- opposed to abiogenesis. Huxley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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