orthogeneticallyadv.
/ˌɔːθəʊdʒᵻˈnɛtᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈˌɔrθoʊdʒəˈnɛdək(ə)li/ 1. Biology. In an orthogenetic manner; according to the principles of orthogenesis.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > evolution > [adverb] > processes or types of evolution
ontogenetically1872
phylogenetically1872
phytogenetically1881
ontogenically1888
orthogenetically1907
proterogenetically1938
cladogenetically1957
stasipatrically1968
parapatrically1969
1907 Science 29 Nov. 747/1 Rising continuously, orthogenetically, in definite or straight lines, and finally reaching a condition in which they may be considered adaptive.
1911 J. Ward Realm of Ends xvii. 383 Can we conceive this world evolving orthogenetically, as a biologist would say?
1952 Systematic Zool. 1 53/2 The principle involved in these examples is the same, namely, that members of a particular group have diverged, orthogenetically, from some ancestral stock.
2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xxi. 520 Mononykus reminds us..not to assume that evolution proceeds orthogenetically, or indeed towards any particular pre-envisioned goal.
2. In extended use with reference to development and change in society, language, ideas, etc.
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1982 RAIN No. 49. 4 The effect is to present a history in which ideas develop out of other ideas more or less orthogenetically.
1983 F. B. Murray in W. F. Overton Relationship between Social & Cognitive Devel. iii. 99 The social sciences themselves may develop orthogenetically.
2003 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 12 Oct. 14/1 Don't run away with the impression that Shakespeare's neologisms were orthogenetically validated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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