Definition of Weismannism in English:
Weismannism
noun ˈvʌɪsmənɪz(ə)mˈvaɪsməˌnɪzəm
mass nounThe theory of evolution and heredity advanced by the German biologist August Weismann.
Weismannism lost its stranglehold on the scientific world
Example sentencesExamples
- In biological Weismannism, the genotype is the sole or primary developmental determinant of the phenotype.
- Weismannism, dismissing the Life Force as an illusion produced by Darwinian Natural Selection, is soulless, totally rationalist, fatalist, anarchist, mechanist, and arch-materialist.
- Chapter 3 ends this section with an examination of the evolutionary perspective of analysis, including descriptions of Darwinism, Lamarckism, and Weismannism.
- It is difficult to understand the significance ascribed to Weismannism if one does not also reflect upon the ideological and religious aspects of the scientific controversy between Lamarckism and Darwinism.
- He claims that Weismann himself did not "conceptually cleave heredity and development, which Weismannism does.
Definition of Weismannism in US English:
Weismannism
nounˈvīsməˌnizəmˈvaɪsməˌnɪzəm
The theory of evolution and heredity advanced by the German biologist August Weismann.
Weismannism lost its stranglehold on the scientific world
Example sentencesExamples
- Weismannism, dismissing the Life Force as an illusion produced by Darwinian Natural Selection, is soulless, totally rationalist, fatalist, anarchist, mechanist, and arch-materialist.
- In biological Weismannism, the genotype is the sole or primary developmental determinant of the phenotype.
- He claims that Weismann himself did not "conceptually cleave heredity and development, which Weismannism does.
- Chapter 3 ends this section with an examination of the evolutionary perspective of analysis, including descriptions of Darwinism, Lamarckism, and Weismannism.
- It is difficult to understand the significance ascribed to Weismannism if one does not also reflect upon the ideological and religious aspects of the scientific controversy between Lamarckism and Darwinism.