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Definition of "use-inheritance" [use-inheritance]

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "use-inheritance" in a sentence
  • "Whatever we think of this move, the tendency to praise Darwin while damning Spencer often overlooks the fact that Darwin, too, believed in the biological significance of use-inheritance, and it figured strongly in his own views of cultural evolution."
  • "Is it not a significant fact that the alleged instances of use-inheritance so often prove to be self-conflicting in their details?"
  • "[45] For the importance of panmixia as invalidating Darwin's strongest evidence for use-inheritance -- namely, that drawn from the effects of disuse in highly-fed domestic animals where there is supposed to be no economy of growth -- see Professor Romanes on Panmixia, _Nature_, April 3,"