transformism

/trans-fawr-miz-uhm/US // trænsˈfɔr mɪz əm //UK // (trænsˈfɔːmɪzəm) //

变革主义,转变主义,转化主义,转化论

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Biology.
- : the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
- : such transformation itself.
- : any doctrine or instance of evolution.

In no case can true variations claim to be of great importance in problems of transformism.
But these are characteristics of life itself, irrespective of all its specific forms, which alone are concerned in transformism.
That is the Darwinian part of an explanation of transformism which may be conceded as an hypothesis.
That is not quite without logical importance, for it shows that not biology alone has led to the transformism hypothesis.
The word transformism, as used by the French, would also be a very good title.