English Explanatory Dictionary

evolutionary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.
  2. Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution.

Pronunciation

/ˌiː.vəˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/ /ˌɛv.əˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evolutionary.wav /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/ /ˌɛv.əˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/ En-us-evolutionary.ogg

Word forms

evolutionary

Etymology

From evolution + -ary.

Synonyms

evolutional

Antonyms

nonevolutional non-evolutional nonevolutionary non-evolutionary

Derived words

antievolutionary anti-evolutionary bioevolutionary co-evolutionary coevolutionary ecoevolutionary eco-evolutionary evilutionary evolutionarily evolutionary adaptation evolutionary adaptedness evolutionary altruism evolutionary analysis evolutionary anthropologist evolutionary anthropology evolutionary basis evolutionary behavior evolutionary behaviour evolutionary biologist evolutionary biology evolutionary cause evolutionary center evolutionary centre evolutionary change evolutionary cladist evolutionary cladistics evolutionary convergence evolutionary creation evolutionary creationism evolutionary creationist evolutionary descent evolutionary developmental biology evolutionary divergence evolutionary ecologist evolutionary ecology evolutionary embryologist evolutionary embryology evolutionary ethicist evolutionary ethics evolutionary ethologist evolutionary ethology evolutionary genetics evolutionary psychologist evolutionary psychology evolutionary radiation evolutionary reconstruction evolutionary relation evolutionary relationship evolutionary research evolutionary researcher evolutionary science evolutionary scientist evolutionary selection evolutionary speciation evolutionary species evolutionary stage evolutionary stasis evolutionary status evolutionary structure evolutionary synthesis

Translations

Armenian: էվոլյուցիոն Belarusian: эвалюцы́йны Catalan: evolutiu Czech: evoluční Danish: evolutions- Danish: udviklings- Danish: evolutionær Dutch: evolutionair Esperanto: evolua Estonian: evolutsiooniline French: évolutif French: évolutionnaire German: evolutionär Hebrew: אבולוציוני Hindi: क्रमविकासीय Hungarian: evolúciós Irish: éabhlóideach Italian: evoluzionario Italian: evolutivo Latvian: evolucionārs Norwegian Bokmål: evolusjonær Norwegian Nynorsk: evolusjonær Occitan: evolutiu Polish: ewolucyjny Portuguese: evolutivo Romanian: evoluțional Romanian: evoluțial Romanian: evoluționar Russian: эволюцио́нный Serbo-Croatian: evolúcījskī Spanish: evolutivo Spanish: evolucionista Spanish: evolucionario Swedish: evolutionär Ukrainian: еволюці́йний Vietnamese: tiến hóa
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