Associations to the word «Lamarckism»
Wiktionary
LAMARCKISM, noun. The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and especially, in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.
Dictionary definition
LAMARCKISM, noun. A theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.