transformism

transformism
/trans fawr"miz euhm/, n. Biol.
1. the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
2. such transformation itself.
3. any doctrine or instance of evolution.
[1875-80; TRANSFORM + -ISM, modeled on F transformisme]

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