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[ dahr-win-ee-uhn ] / dɑrˈwɪn i ən /
adjective(sometimes lowercase) pertaining to Charles Darwin or his doctrines. nouna follower of Charles Darwin; a person who accepts or advocates Darwinism. Origin of DarwinianFirst recorded in 1855–60; Darwin + -ian OTHER WORDS FROM Darwinianan·ti-Dar·win·i·an, noun, adjectivenon-Dar·win·i·an, adjective, nounpost-Dar·win·i·an, adjectivepre-Dar·win·i·an, adjective pro-Dar·win·i·an, adjective, noun Words nearby DarwinianDarvocet, Darvon, Darvon Compound, Darwin, Darwin, Charles, Darwinian, darwinian reflex, Darwinian tubercle, Darwinism, Darwin's finches, Darwin tulip Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for DarwinianI suppose the main argument goes like this: We are no longer subject to Darwinian natural selection. On Transhumanism and Why Technology Is Our Silicon Nervous System|Jason Silva|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST People born into malarial regions have a fierce Darwinian pressure placed upon them—the disease affects everyone in the area. A Malaria Vaccine That Cuts 46% of Infections Is a 100% a Big Deal|Kent Sepkowitz|October 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST In the Darwinian world of media and politics, hardly any primal force compares to Clinton Clout. How Team Clinton Shut Down the CNN and NBC Hillary Shows|Lloyd Grove|October 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST When you apply Darwinian thinking to social studies, you have to be careful. Rediscovering Richard Dawkins: An Interview|J.P. O’Malley|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
What do you think are the positive forces that Darwinian social theory can bring to our society? Rediscovering Richard Dawkins: An Interview|J.P. O’Malley|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST He attacks with telling effect the fantastic Darwinian "Mimicry." At the Deathbed of Darwinism|Eberhard Dennert From another point of view again, the Darwinian theory is at variance with the Scoliae and their prey. More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre The difficulty does not tell against the theory of evolution, but only against the specially Darwinian form of it. On the Genesis of Species|St. George Mivart In political philosophy he teaches an ethical communism, and attacks the Darwinian principle of struggle for existence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8|Various Such modification as this is very different from the "survival of the fittest" of the Darwinian evolution theory. Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure|Edward Carpenter
British Dictionary definitions for Darwinian
adjectiveof or relating to Charles Darwin or his theory of evolution by natural selection nouna person who accepts, supports, or uses this theory Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for Darwinian
adj.Relating to, following, or derived from the work or ideas of Charles Darwin. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |