orthogenesis|orthogeneses in English
noun
['ɔrθə'dʒənɪsɪs /'ɔːθ-]
theory that evolution of a species is predetermined and is unaltered by outside influences (Biology); theory that all cultures must pass through determined identical stages (Sociology)
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1. Where the fact of evolutionary change was accepted but the mechanism proposed by Charles Darwin, natural selection, was denied, explanations of evolution such as Lamarckism, catastrophism, orthogenesis, vitalism, structuralism and mutationism (called saltationism before 1900) were entertained.