orthogenesis

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Letters: 12

Definition of orthogenesis

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noun

(countable, historical, uncountable)The hypothesis that evolution tends toward a certain goal, at least at some scales.

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Etymology

From ortho- + -genesis, coined by Wilhelm Haacke in 1893 and popularized with its standard meaning by Theodor Eimer.

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