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metaevolutions

metaevolutions is the plural 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

Questions about metaevolutions

What is metaevolutions the plural of?
Metaevolutions is the plural of metaevolution.

Words near metaevolutions in the dictionary

  1. metaethnographic
  2. metaethnographies
  3. metaethnography
  4. metaevaluation
  5. metaevolution
  6. metaevolutions
  7. metafane
  8. metafectene
  9. metafemale
  10. metafemales
  11. metafemora

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