NOUN | cognition | evolutionary trend | a general direction of evolutionary change |
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Meaning | A general direction of evolutionary change. | |
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Narrower | neoteny | An evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage / stage and juvenile characteristics / characteristics are retained in adults of the species |
Broader | drift, trend, movement | A general tendency to change (as of opinion) |
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