darwinian

Speech parts

1. darwinian - Noun

2. darwinian - Adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements.

An advocate of Darwinism.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

evolutionary darwinism evolution evolve id darwin evolutionist evolutionism Darwinist evolutionarily adaptationist selectionist theory of organic evolution darw

Hypernyms

exponent advocate proponent advocator

Phrases with the word

Darwinian threshold Darwinian evolution

Examples

Darwinian theories Source: Internet

And he compares free will to Darwinian evolution and natural selection: New ideas have a striking similarity to genetic mutations. Source: Internet

A third effect was to serve notice that Darwinian ideas could not be easily dismissed: on the contrary, they would be vigorously defended against orthodox authority. Source: Internet

As a result, many non-specialists sometimes inferred from his early writings that Darwinian explanations had been proven to be unscientific (which Gould never tried to imply). Source: Internet

A recent review by Fernando, Szathmary and Husbands explains why Edelman's Neural Darwinism is not Darwinian because it does not contain units of evolution as defined by John Maynard Smith. Source: Internet

Explaining this seeming contradiction, and accommodating cooperation, and even altruism, within Darwinian theory is a central issue in the theory of cooperation. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Darwin's rhea Darwin's zorro Darwiner Darwinian curvature Darwinian evolution Darwinian medicine