Lysenkoism

Noun

Meaning

(evolutionary theory, historical) The doctrine that maintained that environmentally acquired characteristics could be inherited; Lamarckism.

The use of pseudoscience in furtherance of an ideology.

Examples

For reasons like these, many people coin Lysenkoism as being pseudoscientific. Source: Internet

His ideas and genetic claims later began to be coined "Lysenkoism". Source: Internet

Lysenkoism also played well into the Soviet theme occurring at that time, which was to "create the new Soviet man ". Source: Internet

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