lamarckism

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1. a theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	evolutionism, theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution,
definition	:	(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	neo-lamarckism,
definition	:	a modern Lamarckian theory emphasizing the importance of environmental factors in genetic changes and retaining the notion of the inheritance of acquired characters (noun.cognition)