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evolutionary

adj
/ˌiː.vəˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/UK/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/US

Etymology

From evolution + -ary.

  1. borrowed from ēvolūtiō
  2. suffixed as evolutionary — “evolution + ary”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.

    • The evolutionary history of marine mammals includes land-dwelling ancestors.

  2. Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution.

    • The basic elements of an evolutionary growth theory are discussed in Section II.

The neighborhood

Derived

antievolutionary, anti-evolutionary, bioevolutionary, co-evolutionary, coevolutionary, ecoevolutionary, eco-evolutionary, evilutionary, evolutionarily, evolutionary adaptation, evolutionary adaptedness, evolutionary altruism, evolutionary analysis, evolutionary anthropologist, evolutionary anthropology, evolutionary basis, evolutionary behavior, evolutionary behaviour, evolutionary biologist, evolutionary biology, evolutionary cause, evolutionary center, evolutionary centre, evolutionary change, evolutionary cladist, evolutionary cladistics, evolutionary convergence, evolutionary creation, evolutionary creationism, evolutionary creationist, evolutionary descent, evolutionary developmental biology, evolutionary divergence, evolutionary ecologist, evolutionary ecology, evolutionary embryologist, evolutionary embryology, evolutionary ethicist, evolutionary ethics, evolutionary ethologist · +56 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for evolutionary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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