Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Neo-Lamarckism \Ne`o-La*marck"ism\, n. (Biol.)
Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by recent
biologists, esp. as maintaining that the offspring inherits
characters acquired by the parent from change of environment,
use or disuse of parts, etc.; -- opposed of {Neo-Darwinism}
(which see, above). -- {Ne`o-La*marck"i*an}, a. & n.
Source : WordNet®
Neo-Lamarckism
n : a modern Lamarckian theory emphasizing the importance of
environmental factors in genetic changes and retaining
the notion of the inheritance of acquired characters