American English pronunciation
How to pronounce darwinian
IPA transcription: [,dɑɹ'wɪniən]
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Noun
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an advocate of Darwinism
Adjective
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of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution
“Darwinian theories”
Usage examples
- Haldane, merged Darwinian selection with a statistical understanding of Mendelian genetics.
- This professor was a bona fide Darwinian.
- He studied Mendel's genetics and Darwinian evolutionary theory.
- The various alternatives to Darwinian evolution by natural selection were not necessarily mutually exclusive.