| NOUN | cognition | evolutionism, theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution | (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals |
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| Meaning | (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals. | |
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| Synonyms | theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution | |
| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| Narrower | Darwinism | A theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection |
| Lamarckism | A theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics / characteristics are transmitted to offspring | |
| punctuated equilibrium, theory of punctuated equilibrium | A theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change | |
| Broader | scientific theory | A theory that explains scientific observations |
| Spanish | evolucionismo, teoría de la evolución | |
| Catalan | evolucionisme, teoria de l'evolució | |
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