neoevolutionism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A school of anthropology, developed in the mid-20th century, concerned with long-term, evolutionary social change and with the regular patterns of development that may be seen in unrelated, widely separated cultures.

Word forms

neoevolutionism

Etymology

From neo- + evolutionism.

Related words

neoevolution neoevolutionary neoevolutionist
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