Darwinism

大学

n. 达尔文学说, 进化论 [医] 达尔文主义, 达尔文学说(生物演化学说)

发音

UK /ˈdɑːwɪnɪz(ə)m/
其它
US /ˈdɑɹwənˌɪzəm/

词形变化

Darwinisms 复数 Darwinisms

别名

darwinism

教材释义与例句

名词

达尔文学说；达尔文主义；进化论

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Charles Darwin's theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection (set out chiefly in his works On the Origin of Species, 1859; and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871); also, belief in this theory.

    达尔文主义

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  2. 2.

    Charles Darwin's theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection (set out chiefly in his works On the Origin of Species, 1859; and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871); also, belief in this theory.

    Short for neo-Darwinism (“the synthesis of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection with the modern genetic understanding of heredity”).

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  3. 3.

    Charles Darwin's theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection (set out chiefly in his works On the Origin of Species, 1859; and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871); also, belief in this theory.

    Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word.

    Any of various theories in biology which apply aspects of Darwin's theory (noun sense 1) such as adaptation, competition, or gradual evolution; also, belief in such a theory.

    不可数 生物 引申义 可数
  4. 4.

    Charles Darwin's theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection (set out chiefly in his works On the Origin of Species, 1859; and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871); also, belief in this theory.

    Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word.

    Any of various theories, now generally discredited, which apply aspects of Darwin's theory (noun sense 1) to other situations such as the development of ideas, organizations, or social groups.

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    social Darwinism

  5. 5.

    Charles Darwin's theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection (set out chiefly in his works On the Origin of Species, 1859; and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871); also, belief in this theory.

    Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word.

    A process of gradual evolution; also, ruthless competition for achievement or survival.

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  6. 6.

    Erasmus Darwin's poetic style, or theory of natural philosophy suggesting that living organisms developed from simpler lifeforms (set out in his work Zoonomia, 1794–1796).

    可数 历史 诗歌 不可数 生物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

evolutionism

下位词 1

neo-Darwinism

相关短语

social Darwinism 社会达尔文主义

词源

From Darwin + -ism (suffix forming names of schools of thought, systems, or theories), from the surname of the English natural philosopher, physician, and poet Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802), and his grandson the biologist, geologist, and naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882). The word was apparently first applied in noun sense 1 (“Charles Darwin’s theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection”) by the English anthropologist and biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) in 1860: see the quotation.

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