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    PREFORMATION

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cellplay

    Synonyms:

    preformation; theory of preformation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

    theory (a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena)

    Derivation:

    preform (form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand)

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