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Detailed Synonyms for theory of preformation in English
theory of preformation:
theory of preformation [the ~] noun
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the theory of preformation
– a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell 1the preformation; the theory of preformation– a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell 1