evolutionizedadj.
/ˌiːvəˈl(j)uːʃn̩ʌɪzd/, /ˌiːvəˈl(j)uːʃənʌɪzd/, /ˌɛvəˈl(j)uːʃn̩ʌɪzd/, /ˌɛvəˈl(j)uːʃənʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˌɛvəˈluʃəˌnaɪzd/ 1. Developed by evolution, esp. to a more advanced state; = evolved adj. 3.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [adjective] > furthered or developed > through or by evolution
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1883 Westm. Rev. July 273 Our knowledge of evolutionized human nature.
1898 W. James Will to Believe 212 We do not love these men of the future keenly enough; and we love them perhaps the less the more we hear of their evolutionized perfection, their high average longevity and education [etc.].
1930 Times 8 Feb. 8/1 Hearing is, undoubtedly, the most highly evolutionized of all the senses, its pleasures are more acute, more endurable.
1961 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 45 296/1 We have succeeded in producing highly evolutionized parrots that can express thoughts, usually not their own, in another language.
2. Treated or modified in accordance with evolutionary theory (cf. evolutionize v. 2). rare.
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1896 Sc. Rev. Apr. 386 It is necessary to read every line of the volume to form anything like an adequate conception of its value as an exposition of evolutionized ethics.
2005 M. Ruse Evol.–creation Struggle vii. 142 A Christianized evolutionism, or an evolutionized Christianity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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