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preformationism

noun

Etymology

From preformation + -ism.

  1. derived from fōrmātiō
  2. derived from formacion
  3. inherited from formacioun
  4. prefixed as preformation — “pre + formation”
  5. suffixed as preformationism — “preformation + ism”

Definitions

  1. the theory that all organisms start their existence already in a predetermined form upon…

    the theory that all organisms start their existence already in a predetermined form upon conception and this form does not change in the course of their lifetime (as opposed to epigenesis)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for preformationism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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