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adaptationism

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English adaptationism From adaptation + -ism.

  1. derived from adaptō
  2. derived from adaptātiō
  3. borrowed from adaptation
  4. suffixed as adaptationism — “adaptation + ism”

Definitions

  1. The view that many traits of organisms are evolved adaptations.

  2. A set of methods for distinguishing traits resulting from adaptation from those arising…

    A set of methods for distinguishing traits resulting from adaptation from those arising through other processes.

    • Until one is clear about just what one means by adaptationism, what evidence one needs to accuse someone of being an "adaptationist" will remain vague; this rather diminishes the force of the accusation.

  3. The belief that all traits are adaptations brought about by natural selection, when some…

    The belief that all traits are adaptations brought about by natural selection, when some are only functionless by-products (also called "spandrels").

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA