NOUN | cognition | Darwinism | a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection |
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Sounds | daa'rwihnih.zahm | |
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Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... |
Meaning | A theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection. | |
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Narrower | neo-Darwinism | A modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations |
Broader | theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution, evolutionism | (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals |
Spanish | darvinismo, darwinismo | |
Catalan | darwinisme | |
Adjectives | Darwinian | of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution |
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