panselectionistn.adj.
/ˌpansᵻˈlɛkʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌpansᵻˈlɛkʃənɪst/, U.S. /ˌpænsəˈlɛkʃənəst/ Biology.
A. n.
A proponent of panselectionism.
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1972 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 182 132 The extreme positions of naive pan-selectionist or even naiver neutralist.
1996 Evolution 50 462/1 Both views have spawned extremes, pan-selectionists and pan-neutralists who see selection to be, respectively, omnipotent or irrelevant.
2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory iv. 293 Even the most rabid panselectionist would not identify phylum-level homologies..as indications of current function.
B. adj.
Of or characteristic of panselectionism or panselectionists.
ΚΠ
1974 Evolution 28 553 A panselectionist model which assumes that each population has had the chance to integrate all the available alleles into its gene pool.
1983 S. J. Gould in M. Grene Dimensions of Darwinism iv. 89 The British panselectionist school..presented many examples from butterflies and snails.
1995 A. Walsh Biosociology: Emerging Paradigm vii. 161 These debates have taken place within a panselectionist conceptual framework in which every trait has to ‘somehow’ be adaptive.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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