darwinian
IPA: dɑrwˈɪniʌn
Root Word: Darwinian
noun
- Senses relating to Charles and Erasmus Darwin.
- An adherent of Charles Darwin's theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism.
- (obsolete, rare) An adherent of the philosophical and scientific views, or poetic style, of Erasmus Darwin.
- A native or resident of Darwin in the Northern Territory, Australia.
- Alternative letter-case form of Darwinian. [Senses relating to Charles and Erasmus Darwin.]
adjective
- Senses relating to Charles and Erasmus Darwin.
- Of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by the English biologist, geologist, and naturalist Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through the natural selection of inherited variations that increase organisms' ability to compete, survive, and reproduce.
- (by extension) Of or pertaining to Darwinism, which includes the theories of Charles Darwin and other scientists.
- (by extension) Competitive, especially in a ruthless manner.
- (by extension) Exhibiting an ability to adapt or develop in order to survive; adaptable.
- (chiefly historical) Of or pertaining to the philosophical and scientific views, or poetic style, of the natural philosopher, physiologist, and poet Erasmus Darwin.
- Of or pertaining to Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia.
- Alternative letter-case form of Darwinian. [Senses relating to Charles and Erasmus Darwin.]
Advertisement
Examples of "darwinian" in Sentences
- The Triumph of the Darwinian Method.
- Here it is use in a Darwinian sense.
- This darwinian dinner date of yours.
- The other concept is darwinian evolution.
- RfA tends to be a very darwinian process.
- That's the Darwinian struggle for survival.
- There is a glaring Darwinian bias in this article.
- Indeed, the darwinian argument is the crux of the issue.
- Darwinian and Neo Darwinian theory demolished that definition.
- Your handling of Darwinian medicine and Darwinian happiness is fine with me.
- Must be a “darwinian” slip given how I equate anti-evolution activists with panhandlers.
- Answers on both sides range from 'yes' to 'no' to 'depends on what you mean by darwinian'.
- So point mutations are the best means of variation that darwinian evolution could depend on.
- If there are any adults here, we already know how social darwinian un-natural selection works. —
- The latter will go through the darwinian experience of spending money to gain some future return.
- I remember Behe suggesting that these mutations can't be the typical ones for darwinian evolution.
- He concluded that this enzyme has no further capacity to increase its resistance-conferring activity, at least not through "darwinian" mechanisms.
- I'm trying to get you to see that a single failure of selection to yield a particular result tells us precisely nothing about the "darwinian" process itself.
- Rather than saying, "Ah, well Behe's edge doesn't work in this case" (as often as not by case-mining), why not say, "The concept of an edge of evolution" (which is what the real problem is in darwinian terms, after all) "is irrelevant, because …. neutral mutations are a lot more widespread than we thought."