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Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Darwinism has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection

2

Various concepts of development or evolution popularised by Charles Darwin's publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859.

3

Alternative letter-case form of Darwinism.

See Also
darwinian darwinistic darwinize natural selection evolutionism darwinistically evolution nobel prize
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
theory of evolution
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
neo-Darwinism
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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