Lysenkoism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The doctrine that maintained that environmentally acquired characteristics could be inherited; Lamarckism. historical, uncountable
- 2 The use of pseudoscience in furtherance of an ideology. uncountable
Example
More examples"Lysenkoism is what happens when ideology is placed above empirical evidence."
Etymology
From Lysenko + -ism.