Lysenkoism
Meanings
noun
- The doctrine that maintained that environmentally acquired characteristics could be inherited; Lamarckism.
- The use of pseudoscience in furtherance of an ideology.
Word forms
Etymology
From Lysenko + -ism.
Related words
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