Ne`o-Dar"win*ism (?), n.
The theory
which holds natural selection, as explained by Darwin, to be the chief
factor in the evolution of plants and animals, and denies the
inheritance of acquired characters; -- esp. opposed to Neo-Lamarckism. Weismannism is an example of extreme Neo-Darwinism. -- Ne`o-Dar*win"i*an, a. &
n.
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