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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
anamorphism is a noun meaning "the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes". It carries 3 recorded senses.
the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes
metamorphism that occurs deep under the earth's surface; changes simple minerals into complex minerals
a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for anamorphism come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.