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noun
The doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: evolutionary theory
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: abiogenesis
noun
Synonym of trasformismo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: trasformismo
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh2t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin fōrmō Latin transformo Old French transformer Middle French transfourmerbor. Middle English transformen English transform 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 transformism From transform + -ism.
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