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noun
The belief that evolution operates by the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: evolutionary theory
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History
Etymology tree English saltation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English saltationism From saltation + -ism.
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