transformism
transformism noun: the doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter.
Noun
transformism (countable and uncountable, plural transformisms)
- The doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter.
- 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.1893, Charles Letourneau, Sociology Based Upon Ethnography, page 552
- Antonyms:
- abiogenesis
- Synonym of trasformismo.
- Synonyms:
- trasformismo
transformism meaning in Tamil
transformism in Tamil
- உயிரின மலர்ச்சியிடையே இன வகைமாற்றம், நுண்ம ஒருங்கியைவாக்கக் கோட்பாடு
Synonyms of transformism
Antonyms
Forms of transformism
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Origin of transformism
From transform + -ism.
Words formed from transformism
Questions about transformism
- What does transformism mean?
- Transformism means the doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter.
- What is transformism in Tamil?
- Transformism in Tamil is உயிரின மலர்ச்சியிடையே இன வகைமாற்றம், நுண்ம ஒருங்கியைவாக்கக் கோட்பாடு. See Transformism meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is transformism?
- Transformism is a noun.
- What is the plural of transformism?
- The plural of transformism is transformisms.
Words near transformism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: transformism (page history and authors); transformism (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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