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evolutionism

noun

Etymology

From evolution + -ism.

  1. borrowed from ēvolūtiō
  2. suffixed as evolutionism — “evolution + ism”

Definitions

  1. Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.

  2. The belief in the universal presence of evolution.

  3. The advocacy of Darwinian evolution by natural selection (Darwinism).

The neighborhood

Derived

antievolutionism, creationary evolutionism, cultural evolutionism, deistic evolutionism, neoevolutionism, social evolutionism, sociocultural evolutionism, theistic evolutionism

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