orthogenesis
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Etymology
From ortho- + -genesis, coined by Wilhelm Haacke in 1893 and popularized with its standard meaning by Theodor Eimer.
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orthogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural orthogeneses)
- (evolutionary theory, historical) The hypothesis that evolution tends toward a certain goal, at least at some scales.
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