Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
Related forms
neo-Lamarckian, adjective, noun
neo-Lamarckist, noun
British Dictionary definitions for neo-Lamarckism
Neo-Lamarckism
/ˌniːəʊləˈmɑːkɪzəm/
noun
1.
a theory of evolution based on Lamarckism, proposing that environmental factors could lead to adaptive genetic changes