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Lamarckianism

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La·marck·ism  (l-märkzm) also La·marck·i·an·ism (-k--nzm)
n.
A theory of biological evolution holding that species evolve by the inheritance of traits acquired or modified through the use or disuse of body parts.
[After Chevalier de Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Lamarck.]
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As Stocking notes, Lamarckianism remained crucial to social scientists as they sought to explain the differentiation, emergence, and character of distinct races.
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Lamarckianism was widely popular in Krafft-Ebing's day.
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Lysenko's revival of Lamarckianism gained Stalin's favor because it opposed Mendelian genetics.
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