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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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Instead, he makes a big deal of siding with the Darwinians against the "religious conservatives" who hold that "the spiritual freedom and dignity of the human soul as the image of God requires that the soul be immaterial and separable from the body.
Our friend Mr. Darwin? by Lawler, Peter Augustine / Modern Age
They are reacting to the arguments of some Darwinians that natural selection disproves religion; but they react by becoming like their opponents, who also move beyond the limits of science.
Please explain by Commonweal
When they are not denouncing as "dogma" any view of life's origins they reject, Darwinians just as zealously seek to impose the tenets of their faith by intimidation.
The "exalted we" by Grigg, William Norman / The New American
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