Orthogenesis
[awr-thuh-jen-uh-sis] /ˌɔr θəˈdʒɛn ə sɪs/
noun
1.
Biology.
2.
Sociology. a hypothetical parallelism between the stages through which every culture necessarily passes, in spite of secondary conditioning factors.
/ˌɔːθəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/
noun
1.
(biology)
2.
the theory that there is a series of stages through which all cultures pass in the same order
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