Complete Definition of "Darwinism"

English

Noun
Darwinism

  1. The principles of natural selection set out by w:Charles Darwin|Charles Darwin in the Origin of Species (1859) and other writings.
  2. The evolution and common ancestry of all living and extinct species resulting from gradual evolutionary mechanisms such as natural selection.

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Translations

Croatian: t-|hr|darvinizam|m
Finnish: darwinismi
French: darwinisme
German: t+|de|Darwinismus|m
Japanese: t-|ja|�������|trd�winizumu|scJpan
Polish: darwinizm m
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Novial: darwinisme
Spanish: darvinismo m

Related terms
Darwinian
Darwinist

See also
natural selection
Nobel Prize
survival of the fittest

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