NOUN | cognition | theory of organic evolution, theory of evolution, evolutionism | (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, evolutionism | |
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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