Darwinism

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɑː(ɹ)wɪnɪzəm/

Etymology

Darwin +‎ -ism

Noun

Darwinism (uncountable)

1. Various concepts of development or evolution popularised by Charles Darwin's publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859.
2. The 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.

Synonyms

• Darwinianism

Derived terms

• social Darwinism

Related terms

• Darwinian
• Darwinist
• natural selection
• Nobel Prize
• survival of the fittest

Translations

principles of natural selection

• Armenian: դարվինիզմ (hy) (darvinizm)
• Bulgarian: дарвинизъм (bg) (darvinizǎm) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達爾文主義 (cmn), 达尔文主义 (cmn) (Dá'ěrwénzhǔyì)

• Czech: darwinismus (cs) m
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• German: Darwinismus (de) m
• Italian: darwinismo (it)

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• Macedonian: дарвинизам (mk) (darvinízam) m
• Novial: darwinisme
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