'Transformism' definitions:

Definition of 'Transformism'

From: GCIDE
  • Transformism \Trans*form"ism\, n. [F. transformisme.] (Biol.) The hypothesis, or doctrine, that living beings have originated by the modification of some other previously existing forms of living matter; -- opposed to abiogenesis. --Huxley. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]