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Darˈwinianism
[f. prec. + -ism.]
†1. Imitation of the style of Erasmus Darwin (see prec. 1). Obs. (nonce-use.)
1804Edin. Rev. July 297 We can substantiate our charge of Darwinianism.
2. The Darwinian theory of evolution; = Darwinism 2; also, a Darwinian idiom or phrase.
1883E. M. Underdown in N. & Q. 13 Oct. 284/2, I know not if any one..has noticed a literary ancestor, to use a Darwinianism, for that of Francis I after Pavia. 1893J. H. Stirling (title), Darwinianism: Workmen and Work. |