Darwinism
pronunciation
How to pronounce Darwinism in British English:
UK [ˈdɑːwɪnɪzəm]
How to pronounce Darwinism in American English:
US [ˈdɑːrwɪnɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection
Word Origin
- Darwinism (n.)
- 1864, from Charles Darwin (1809-1882), whose major works were "The Origin of Species" (1859) and "The Descent of Man" (1871), + -ism.
Example
- 1. His workers in pittsburgh felt the full force of his pitiless darwinism .
- 2. Those that lost died off in a pruning process scientists call " neural darwinism . "
- 3. She said my understanding of darwinism needed some fine-tuning .
- 4. Expressing silicon valley 's version of corporate darwinism , gates claimed that microsoft could be brushed aside by the next guy in a garage .
- 5. Devotees of economic darwinism insist that corporate size , and its accompanying economies of scale , brings progress and benefits to consumers .