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dɑrˈwɪn i əndar·wini·an

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Darwinianadjective

    an advocate of Darwinism

  2. Darwinianadjective

    of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution

    "Darwinian theories"

Wiktionary

  1. Darwiniannoun

    An adherent of Darwin's theory of the origin of species.

  2. Darwinianadjective

    Relating to the theory of evolution, as advanced by Charles Darwin.

  3. Darwinianadjective

    Competitive.

Wikipedia

  1. Darwinian

    Darwinism is a theory of biological evolution developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and others, stating that all species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that increase the individual's ability to compete, survive, and reproduce. Also called Darwinian theory, it originally included the broad concepts of transmutation of species or of evolution which gained general scientific acceptance after Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, including concepts which predated Darwin's theories. English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley coined the term Darwinism in April 1860.

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  1. darwinian

    Darwinian pertains to the theory of evolution by natural selection, formulated by Charles Darwin. It essentially refers to the biological concept that species evolve over time through the process of natural selection, leading to the survival of the fittest - where organisms best suited to their environment have a higher chance of survival and reproduction. The term can also refer to anything relating to Charles Darwin or his theories.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Darwinianadjective

    pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements

  2. Darwiniannoun

    an advocate of Darwinism

  3. Etymology: [From the name of Charles Darwin, an English scientist.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Darwinian in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Darwinian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Darwinian in a Sentence

  1. Pastor Blair:

    I am beside myself with frustration that our tax dollars go to promote a drag queen show and safe sex events with carnival games that are obscene and graphic, yet when it comes to something like debating Darwinian evolution or talking about the literal Creation account of Genesis – well that kind of speech must be censored.

  2. Oscar Wilde:

    Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarist.

  3. Stephen Jay Gould:

    “The modern theory of evolution does not require gradual change. It in fact, the operation of Darwinian processes should yield exactly what we see in the fossil record. It is gradualism that we must reject, not Darwinism.

  4. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert:

    Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved.

  5. Günter Bechly:

    If a theory and its proponents stubbornly refuse falsification by an ever increasing body of substantial conflicting evidence, the theory degenerates into a textbook example of dogmatic pseudo-science. The neo-Darwinian theory of macroevolution has failed on all fronts, from mathematical feasibility, to theoretical plausibility and explanatory power, to empirical support.

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