of or relating to Charles Darwin or his theory of evolution by natural selection
noun
2.
a person who accepts, supports, or uses this theory
Examples of 'Darwinian' in a sentence
Darwinian
All his life, so far, Patrick has marvelled at the Darwinian logic of everything.
Sean Thomas THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE (2002)
This change, he was fond of saying, was nothing less than Darwinian.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
All related terms of 'Darwinian'
Darwinian theory
Darwin's theory of evolution , which holds that all species of plants and animals developed from earlier forms by hereditary transmission of slight variations in successive generations , and that natural selection determines which forms will survive
Darwinism
the theory of the origin of animal and plant species by evolution through a process of natural selection
Darwin
a port in N Australia , capital of the Northern Territory : destroyed by a cyclone in 1974 but rebuilt on the same site . Pop: 129 062 (2011)
Neo-Darwinism
the modern version of the Darwinian theory of evolution , which incorporates the principles of genetics to explain how inheritable variations can arise by mutation
non-
Non- is used in front of adjectives and nouns to form adjectives that describe something as not having a particular quality or feature .