Dictionary entry

Neo-Lamarckism

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ne′o–La‐marck″ism, n.(Biol.) Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by recent biologists, esp. as maintaining that the offspring inherits characters acquired by the parent from change of environment, use or disuse of parts, etc.; — opposed of Neo-Darwinism (which see, above). — Ne′o–La‐marck″i‐an, a. & n.