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Darwinian
/ ɑːˈɪɪə /
adjective
of or relating to Charles Darwin or his theory of evolution by natural selection
noun
a person who accepts, supports, or uses this theory
Other Word Forms
- anti-Darwinian noun
- non-Darwinian adjective
- post-Darwinian adjective
- pre-Darwinian adjective
- pro-Darwinian adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Darwinian1
Example Sentences
“Survivor” bowed for the first time before 9/11 and established itself as a Darwinian experiment with the motto “Outwit, Outplay, Outlast.”
The pain Deborah inflicts on Ava is at once very personal and notoriously endemic to the entertainment business, a Darwinian factory that demands round-the-clock creative labor.
He has warned that European carmakers are in a "Darwinian" struggle with their Chinese rivals, something that is likely to have social consequences as they pare back costs in an effort to compete.
That's because, simply put from a Darwinian perspective of how we have evolved, it's better to overcount potentially harmful agents and predators than to underestimate them.
This year, researchers took a second look at Darwinian selection and proposed a bold new idea about how *gestures around* all this evolves, calling it the “law of increasing functional information.”
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