Lysenkoism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The doctrine that maintained that environmentally acquired characteristics could be inherited; Lamarckism. historical, uncountable
  2. 2
    The use of pseudoscience in furtherance of an ideology. uncountable

Example

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"Lysenkoism is what happens when ideology is placed above empirical evidence."

Etymology

From Lysenko + -ism.

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