Darwinism
noun[U]
uk/ˈdɑː.wɪn.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈdɑːr.wɪn.ɪ.zəm/thetheoriesof Charles Darwin, whichdescribehowanimalsandplantschangeanddevelopover millions ofyears, with those that arebestsuitedtotheirenvironmentbeing the mostsuccessfulandothersthat are less wellsuitednotcontinuingtoexist:
Some Christiansopposedtheteachingof Darwinism andevolution.
oftendisapproving
atheoryorsystemin which it isbelievedthat thebestpeople,businesses, etc. will besuccessful, while those that are notsuccessfulshould beallowedtofailwithout beinghelped:
TheideasofsocialDarwinism andeugenicsweregraduallydiscredited.
This is afrighteningsortofeducationalDarwinism in which thenationisfailingchildrenwho need the mosthelp.
- Creation byGodwas thegenerallyacceptedexplanationof theoriginoflifeuntil theadventof Darwinism.
- StalinrejectedDarwinism in 1906, when hewroteapamphletarguingfor thetheoriesof Lamarck.
- "There is nothingwrongwithadaptingtomarketconditions- it's justentrepreneurialDarwinism," he said.
Animal & plant biology - general words
- abiotic
- anatomical
- anatomically correct
- anti-Darwinian
- anti-Darwinism
- biodiversity
- botany
- entomological
- entomologist
- eukaryote
- fight-or-flight
- food chain
- morphology
- poisonous
- recolonization
- recolonize
- regeneration
- regenerative
- restimulate
- zoology
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