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Originally Posted by bmorr

wikipedia has one:
a mutant is an organism (usually otherwise human) who possesses a genetic trait called an X-gene that allows the mutant to naturally develop superhuman powers and abilities.

...which is what I said in my post. You even quoted it.

But various Marvel writers over the years have ignored this rule and thus we have people like Cain Marko and Karl Lykos being referred to as mutants on occasion. Of course, being later retconned into mutants later isn't helping matters. But at least it appears Marvel is finally trying to be consistent with it now.

Personally, I think it's just lazy writing to simply slap a "mutant" label on a character rather than develop a proper backstory and explanation of the characters power(s).