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recapitulationism

recapitulationism noun: the doctrine that during embryonic development various structures develop that appeared during the evolutionary history of the species.

Noun

recapitulationism (uncountable)

  1. The doctrine that during embryonic development various structures develop that appeared during the evolutionary history of the species.

Origin of recapitulationism

From recapitulation + -ism.

Questions about recapitulationism

What does recapitulationism mean?
Recapitulationism means the doctrine that during embryonic development various structures develop that appeared during the evolutionary history of the species.
What part of speech is recapitulationism?
Recapitulationism is a noun.

Words near recapitulationism in the dictionary

  1. recapitulates
  2. recapitulateth
  3. recapitulating
  4. recapitulation
  5. recapitulation theory
  6. recapitulationism
  7. recapitulationist
  8. recapitulationists
  9. recapitulations
  10. recapitulative
  11. recapitulator

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