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meta-evolution

meta-evolution is the alternative form of metaevolution.

Meaning of metaevolution

Noun

metaevolution (usually uncountable, plural metaevolutions)

  1. (usually) The evolution of the elements of evolutionary systems. Applying evolutionary concepts to non-living systems. Applying evolutionary concepts to individual learning and personal development. Examining the implications and past and future developments of evolution.
    • More recently, however, it has become increasingly realized that symbiosis is at the core of the evolution of evolutionary levels and mechanisms—of a metaevolution—in the microevolution of life.1980, Erich Jantsch, “Ethics and Evolution”, in The North American Review, volume 265, number 3, page 16

Forms of meta-evolution

pluralmeta-evolutions

Questions about meta-evolution

What is meta-evolution the alternative form of?
Meta-evolution is the alternative form of metaevolution.

Words near meta-evolution in the dictionary

  1. meta-ethnographic
  2. meta-ethnographies
  3. meta-ethnography
  4. meta-evaluation
  5. meta-evaluations
  6. meta-evolution
  7. meta-evolutions
  8. meta-gender
  9. meta-genders
  10. meta-induction
  11. meta-inductive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: meta-evolution (page history and authors); metaevolution (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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