transformism

noun

trans·​form·​ism

-ȯ(r)ˌmizəm

plural -s

: evolution sense 5b

regarded transformism as untenable … as no one had ever seen one species changing into another

—R. H. Lowie

Word History

Etymology

French transformisme, from transformer to transform (from Latin transformare) + -isme -ism

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