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Darwinism   /dˈɑrwɪnˌɪzəm/   Listen
Darwinism

noun
1.
A theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection.



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neo-Darwinism


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"Darwinism" Quotes from Famous Books



... distributed over a series of acts, according to the second theory it has been concentrated in one primal creation. The second is the theory of the mutability of species, or, in general, of evolution, but not necessarily of Darwinism alone. ...
— The Whence and the Whither of Man • John Mason Tyler


Words linked to "Darwinism" :   neo-Darwinism, theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution, evolutionism


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