Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A theory of biological evolution developed by Charles Darwin and others, stating that all species of organisms have developed from other species, primarily through natural selection.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The body of biological doctrine propounded and defended by the English naturalist Charles (Charles Robert) Darwin (1809-1882), especially in his works “The Origin of Species” (1859) and “The Descent of Man” (1871), respecting the origin of species.
- noun Belief in and support of Darwin's theory. Also
Darwinianism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Various concepts of development or
evolution popularised by Charles Darwin's publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. - noun The principles of
natural selection set out in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859), more strictly defined by August Weismann and developed by other authors into a central part of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection
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Examples
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˜Darwinism™ as it is used today is isomorphic to Darwin's Darwinism, as Gayon puts it, is that each of these questions is still hotly debated, and has been throughout the theory's history.
Darwinism Lennox, James 2004
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One reason why people believe in Darwinism is proof that mankind existed prior to 4004 B. C., thus, we must have evolved from apes!
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Judson's criticism was not of Darwin or his work, but of the term Darwinism which she described as misleading.
Open Parachute 2009
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It doesn't help that the term Darwinism is actually used by scientists, although only to differentiate between early evolutionary hypotheses.
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One of the difficulties with the word Darwinism is its ambiguity.
Changing Your Name 2008
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You'll never erase the word Darwinism from the lexicon, but people who know the story of Darwin's and Wallace's near-simultaneous inspirations — and there are an increasing number of those people now — accept that the ideas of survival of the fittest and the origin of species were the work of two people, not one.
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The term 'Darwinism' is more politically and philosophically polarized.
Changing Your Name 2008
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Dembski's logic and most ID arguments very much hinge on the concept that "Darwinism" is a chance hypothesis of nature.
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So the move from RM/NS to "Darwinism" is slightly adrift.
Clear Thinking? 2005
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So the move from RM/NS to "Darwinism" is slightly adrift.
Clear Thinking? 2005
hernesheir commented on the word Darwinism
Because nobody else has listed it.
November 28, 2011