Meanings
plural transformisms
- countableuncountableevolutionary theoryThe doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter.
In a word, the embryology and the taxinomy of the animal kinds, enlightened by the doctrine of transformism, show to us the slow acquisition of conscient life in the animal kingdom.
1893, Charles Letourneau, Sociology Based Upon Ethnography, page 552Antonyms: abiogenesis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter.
nounSynonym of trasformismo.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Proto-Italic*trāns-
- Latintrāns-
- Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
- Latinfōrma
- Latinfōrmō
- Latintransformo
- Old Frenchtransformer
- Middle Frenchtransfourmer
- Middle Englishtransformen
- Englishtransform
- Englishtransformism
Translations
French transformisme
- transformismethe doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter
Italian trasformismo
- trasformismothe doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter
Portuguese transformismo
- transformismothe doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter
Spanish transformismo
- transformismothe doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
transformism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transformism
“transformism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transformism. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transformism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transformism.
Source: transformism on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.