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preformationism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-for-ma-tion-ism
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the theory that all organisms start their existence already in a predetermined form upon conception and this form does not change in the course of their lifetime (as opposed to epigenesis)

Uncountable

Etymology

From preformation + -ism.

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What does preformationism mean?
the theory that all organisms start their existence already in a predetermined form upon conception and this form does not change in the course of their lifetime (as opposed to epigenesis)
Where does preformationism come from?
From preformation + -ism.

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