Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

theory of preformation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: the-o-ry of pre-for-ma-tion
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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 cell

Synonyms

preformation

Questions

What does theory of preformation mean?: 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 cell

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