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LAMARCKIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A believer in Lamarckism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Lamarckian" is a kind of...):

follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Lamarckism

Example:

Lamarckian theories

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Lamarckism (a theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring)

Derivation:

Lamarck (French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829))

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