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DARWINIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An advocate of Darwinism
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Darwinian" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Derivation:
Darwinian (of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution
Example:
Darwinian theories
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Darwinism (a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection)
Derivation:
Darwin (English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882))
Darwinian (an advocate of Darwinism)
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