Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun anamorphosis

2 senses of anamorphosis

Sense 1
anamorphosis, anamorphism -- (the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes)
       => evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis -- ((biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms)

Sense 2
anamorphosis, anamorphism -- (a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner)
       => copy -- (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor")