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Evolutionism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A theory of biological evolution, especially that formulated by Charles Darwin.

n. Advocacy of or belief in biological evolution.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.

n. The advocacy of Darwinian evolution by natural selection (Darwinism).

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See evolution, 6 and 7.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The metaphysical or the biological doctrine of evolution or development.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals

Word Usage

"Darwin's evolutionism is only part of a radical scientific vision stretching from the first cosmic explosion to the most refined aspects of human taste and feeling."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

scientific theory

Variant

evolution

Hyponym

Darwinism theory of punctuated equilibrium punctuated equilibrium Lamarckism

Form

social evolutionism creationary evolutionism sociocultural evolutionism cultural evolutionism

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

Darwinism heckelism lamarkism

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