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Lysenkoism|laɪˈsɛŋkəʊɪz(ə)m|
[f. the name Lysenko (see below) + -ism.]
Belief in or advocacy of the views of the Russian agronomist T. D. Lysenko (1898–1976), who opposed modern genetics and advocated neo-Lamarckian views and who for a time achieved great influence in Soviet Russia. Cf. Michurinism.
1948Discovery Nov. 325/1 The opponents of Lysenkoism did not remain silent. 1962New Scientist 11 Jan. 101/2 It would mean that if genes can be offset by a non⁓hereditary factor, that very factor could in effect become hereditary... This, surely, would be Lysenkoism, or an aspect of it. 1969I. M. Lerner tr. Medvedev's Rise & Fall T. D. Lysenko vi. 136 The period of absolute domination of Lysenkoism in Soviet biology and agronomy was relatively short-lived. 1974Nature 11 Oct. 558/1 A convinced anti-Lysenkoist, whose career suffered considerably during the years of Lysenkoism, Astaurov became a focus for the anti-Lysenkoist reaction.
Hence Lyˈsenkoist, one who believes in or advocates the views of Lysenko; also as adj.
1949Jrnl. Heredity XL. 197/1 The Lysenkoist offensive is a two-pronged attack. 1950New Biol. VIII. 6 The argument between Lysenkoists and geneticists is in the tradition of those great controversies which periodically ruffle, sometimes convulse, the progress of a science. 1969Nature 13 Sept. 1182/1 He describes the total failure of..attempts to breed cows with high butter-fat by hybridization with Jerseys by Lysenkoist principles. 1973New Yorker 24 Sept. 119/1 In 1971..Lysenkoists were still accusing classical geneticists of failure to achieve practical results. |