English Explanatory Dictionary

orthogenesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The hypothesis that evolution tends toward a certain goal, at least at some scales.

Word forms

orthogenesis orthogeneses

Etymology

From ortho- + -genesis, coined by Wilhelm Haacke in 1893 and popularized with its standard meaning by Theodor Eimer.

Related words

orthogenetic orthogeneticist convergent evolution orthoselection orthoevolution teleology
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