rare. [f. TRANS- + Gr. μορφή form + -ISM: cf. METAMORPHISM.] Transformation of one thing into another, as in the process of evolution.
1888. Storey, in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. IX. 417. The Democriteans evolve the higher from the lower by the operation of chance…. We will … substitute for the guess of transmorphism the assertion of a metaschematism intentionally devised for ethical ends.
1933. Otto Carmichael, in Muncie Evening Press, 31 Aug., 4/2. In no sense is our transmorphism trivial…. We never dreamed then that we would adopt state capitalism and attempt to nationalize industry, labor and agriculture.
