transformism

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Etymology

From transform +‎ -ism.

Noun

transformism (countable and uncountable, plural transformisms)

1. (evolutionary theory) The doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter.

   Antonym: abiogenesis

   • 1893, Charles Letourneau, Sociology Based Upon Ethnography, page 552:

     In a word, the embryology and the taxinomy of the animal kinds, enlightened by the doctrine of transformism, show to us the slow acquisition of conscient life in the animal kingdom.

2. (politics) Synonym of trasformismo.

Derived terms

• transformist
• transformistic

Translations

the doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter

French: transformisme (fr) m Italian: trasformismo (it) m Portuguese: transformismo (pt) m Spanish: transformismo (es) m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transformisme.

Noun

transformism n (uncountable)

1. transformism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	transformism	transformismul
genitive-dative	transformism	transformismului
vocative	transformismule