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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 neo-Dar·win·ism /-ˈdɑrwəˌnɪzəm/
 新達爾文主義

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 neo-Dar·win·ism /-ˈdɑrwəˌnɪzəm/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ne·o-Dar·win·ism n. The theory which holds natural selection, as explained by Darwin, to be the chief factor in the evolution of plants and animals, and denies the inheritance of acquired characters; -- esp. opposed to Neo-Lamarckism. Weismannism is an example of extreme Neo-Darwinism. -- Ne*o-Dar*win*i*an, a. & n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Neo-Darwinism
      n : a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms
          of genetic mutations