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Darwinian

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Dar·win  (därwn)
A city of northern Australia on Port Darwin, an inlet of the Timor Sea. It was founded as Palmerston in 1869 and renamed in 1911. Population: 106,000.
Darwin, Charles Robert 1809-1882.
British naturalist who revolutionized the study of biology with his theory of evolution based on natural selection. His most famous works include Origin of Species (1859) and The Descent of Man (1871).
Dar·wini·an adj. & n.
Darwin, Erasmus 1731-1802.
British physician, scientist, and poet whose Zoonomia (1794-1796) anticipated the evolutionary theories of his grandson Charles.
Darwinian [dɑːˈwɪnɪən]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) of or relating to Charles Darwin (1809-82), the English naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection, or his theory
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a person who accepts, supports, or uses this theory
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Darwinian - an advocate of Darwinism
advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
Adj.1.Darwinian - of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution; "Darwinian theories"
Translations
Darwinian [dɑːˈwɪnɪən]
A. ADJ → darwiniano
B. N → darwinista mf
Darwinian
n → Darwinist(in) m(f)
adj → darwinistisch


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This type must not be regarded as a fanciful figure: it is not a nebulous hope which is to be realised at some indefinitely remote period, thousands of years hence; nor is it a new species (in the Darwinian sense) of which we can know nothing, and which it would therefore be somewhat absurd to strive after.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
After alluding airily to the Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari, the Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Darwinian theory, the principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the Government and advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.
A Study In Scarlet by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Thus, when a very unobtrusive Oxford man named John Boulnois wrote in a very unreadable review called the Natural Philosophy Quarterly a series of articles on alleged weak points in Darwinian evolution, it fluttered no corner of the English papers; though Boulnois's theory
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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