English Explanatory Dictionary

evolutionism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
The belief in the universal presence of evolution.
The advocacy of Darwinian evolution by natural selection (Darwinism).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-evolutionism.wav

Word forms

evolutionism evolutionisms

Etymology

From evolution + -ism.

Related words

evolutionist evolutionistic evolutionistically

Derived words

antievolutionism creationary evolutionism cultural evolutionism deistic evolutionism neoevolutionism social evolutionism sociocultural evolutionism theistic evolutionism

Translations

Armenian: էվոլյուցիոն տեսություն Armenian: էվոլյուցիոնիզմ Chinese Mandarin: 進化論 /进化论 Chinese Mandarin: 演進主義 /演进主义 Danish: evolutionisme Dutch: evolutionisme Esperanto: evoluismo Esperanto: evoluciismo Finnish: evoluutio-oppi Finnish: evolutionismi German: Evolutionismus Ido: evolucionismo Japanese: 進化主義 Kazakh: эволюцияшылдық Manx: aafilleydys Norwegian Bokmål: evolusjonisme Norwegian Nynorsk: evolusjonisme Polish: ewolucjonizm Romanian: evoluționism Russian: эволюционизм Serbo-Croatian: evolucionizam

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