neo-darwinism

1. 1.

   a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations

   BroaderDarwinism

Questions about neo-darwinism

What does neo-darwinism mean?

neo-darwinism means "a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations".

How many syllables are in neo-darwinism?

neo-darwinism has 5 syllables and divides as ne-o--dar-wi-nism under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is neo-darwinism a common word?

neo-darwinism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.