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Evolutionism

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darwinnounA surname, especially referring to Charles Darwin (1809–1882), British naturalist and founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
evolutionary theorynoun(biology) A theory of evolution, especially the scientific theory of evolution through natural selection.
bioevolutionnounThe evolution of biological organisms.
transformismnoun(evolutionary theory) The doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter.
evolvementnounEvolution.
evolutionary biologynoun(evolutionary theory) A subfield of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species and as their evolution, multiplication and diversity over time.
adaptionismnounAlternative form of adaptationism. [(evolutionary theory) The view that many traits of organisms are evolved adaptations.]
adaptationismnoun(evolutionary theory) The view that many traits of organisms are evolved adaptations.
metaevolutionnoun(philosophy, biology) The evolution of the elements of evolutionary systems. Applying evolutionary concepts to non-living systems. Applying evolutionary concepts to individual learning and personal development. Examining the implications and past and future developments of evolution.
theistic evolutionismnounSynonym of evolutionary creationism.
coevolutionnoun(ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
neoevolutionnounThe elaboration of Darwin's theory of evolution that incorporates knowledge about genetics.
adaptationnoun(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
darwinismnounThe 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.
evolution of the gapsnoun(rare, creationism) Evolution, when used as an explanation for anything that is yet unexplained by science.
monkeyismnounTomfoolery; silly or foolish behaviour.
saltationismnoun(evolutionary theory) The belief that evolution operates by the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next.
macroevolutionnounLarge-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions.
radiationnounThe transfer of energy via radiation.
transmutationismnoun(evolutionary theory) A belief in the transmutation of species.

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