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Get to know Darwinism better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like evolutionism. In Dutch this translates to darwinisme.

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Darwinism meaning

  1. Charles Darwin's theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection (set out chiefly in his works On the Origin of Species, 1859; and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871); also, belief in this theory.
  2. Short for neo-Darwinism (“the synthesis of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection with the modern genetic understanding of heredity”).

Synonyms of Darwinism

theory of evolution evolutionism

Darwinism vertaling naar Nederlands

darwinisme

Using Darwinism

  • The main meaning on this page is: Charles Darwin's theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection (set out chiefly in his works On the Origin of Species, 1859; and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871); also, belief in this theory. | Charles Darwin's theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection (set out chiefly in his works On the Origin of Species, 1859; and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871); also, belief in this theory. | Short for neo-Darwinism (“the synthesis of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection with the modern genetic understanding of heredity”).
  • Useful related words include: theory of evolution, evolutionism.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: darwinisme.
  • In the example corpus, darwinism often appears in combinations such as: social darwinism, of darwinism, darwinism in.

Context around Darwinism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

social 11× quantum 2× allow 1× despite 1× defending 1× attacked 1× popularizing 1× neural 1×

Often after:

peter 1× challenged 1× focusing 1× routinely 1× supposed 1×

Sentence patterns with Darwinism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and attacked darwinism and evolution 1× atheists defending darwinism routinely and 1× called quantum darwinism qd explains 1× called social darwinism was in 1× darwinism in business 1× despite darwinism they are 1× has quantum darwinism been put 1× is social darwinism with a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as such social 2× a different form 1× a recent review 1× after 1920 he 1× and indeed dawkins 1× darwin s coat 1×

Common sentence endings:

1925 in tennessee 1× and fundamental particles 1× are surprisingly common 1× clear political conclusions 1× consciousness of self 1× emphatically is not 1×

Words around Darwinism

Just before it in the word index:

darwinian 38 darwinia 2 darwine 3 darwinai 2 darwin 608 darwent 3

Just after it in the word index:

darwinist 10 darwinists 5 darwish 10 darwyn 2 dary 3 darya 51

Similar in corpus frequency:

aas 67 abdicated 67 abled 67 adorno 67 afcfta 67 affording 67

Corpus analysis for Darwinism

  • In this selection, "darwinism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, social, quantum, allow, peter, challenged and focusing stand out and add context to how "darwinism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and attacked darwinism and evolution and atheists defending darwinism routinely and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "darwinism" sits close to words such as aas, abdicated and abled, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with darwinism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Despite Darwinism, they are surprisingly common. (6 words)

This is social Darwinism with a vengeance. (7 words)

And indeed, Dawkins has done a marvelous job of popularizing Darwinism. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

On the other hand I certainly don't allow Darwinism to influence my feelings about human social life," implying that he feels that individual human beings can opt out of the survival machine of Darwinism since they are freed by the consciousness of self. (44 words)

While most scholars recognize some historical links between the popularisation of Darwin's theory and forms of social Darwinism, they also maintain that social Darwinism is not a necessary consequence of the principles of biological evolution. (36 words)

This idea, called quantum Darwinism (QD), explains a lot about why we experience the world the way we do rather than in the peculiar way it manifests at the scale of atoms and fundamental particles. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Darwin's Coat-Tails: Essays on Social Darwinism (Peter Lang, 2007) * Degler, Carl N. In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought (1992).

On the other hand I certainly don't allow Darwinism to influence my feelings about human social life," implying that he feels that individual human beings can opt out of the survival machine of Darwinism since they are freed by the consciousness of self.

Social Darwinism challenged positivism's claim of deliberate and rational choice as the determining behaviour of humans, with social Darwinism focusing on heredity, race, and environment.

What is now called " Social Darwinism " was, in its day, synonymous with "Darwinism"—the application of Darwinian principles of "struggle" to society, usually in support of anti- philanthropic political agenda.

While most scholars recognize some historical links between the popularisation of Darwin's theory and forms of social Darwinism, they also maintain that social Darwinism is not a necessary consequence of the principles of biological evolution.

It's not a question of survival and procreation, and Darwinism is not concerned with emotional comfort.

Darwinism in business is the evolution of businesses in the market over a long period by sustaining various conflicting situations.

Influenced by an extreme version of Darwinism, he considered the winnowing of the feeble and thriving of the ablest—in this case, himself—to be progress.

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Only recently, however, has quantum Darwinism been put to the experimental test.

Socialists often accuse capitalists of social Darwinism—of advocating a struggle of all against all, with death to the hindmost.

This idea, called quantum Darwinism (QD), explains a lot about why we experience the world the way we do rather than in the peculiar way it manifests at the scale of atoms and fundamental particles.

This is social Darwinism with a vengeance.

Despite Darwinism, they are surprisingly common.

Second, atheists defending Darwinism routinely and maliciously present Intelligent Design as if it were Creationism, which it emphatically is not.

A different form of social Darwinism was part of the ideological foundations of Nazism and other fascist movements.

After 1920 he supported Prohibition and attacked Darwinism and evolution, most famously at the Scopes Trial in 1925 in Tennessee.

And indeed, Dawkins has done a marvelous job of popularizing Darwinism.

A recent review by Fernando, Szathmary and Husbands explains why Edelman's Neural Darwinism is not Darwinian because it does not contain units of evolution as defined by John Maynard Smith.

As such, social Darwinism has been criticized for being an inconsistent philosophy, which does not lead to any clear political conclusions.

As such, social Darwinism supposed that human progress would generally favor the most individualistic races, which were those perceived as stronger.

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Common combinations with darwinism

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "darwinism" in a sentence?
An example: "Darwin's Coat-Tails: Essays on Social Darwinism (Peter Lang, 2007) * Degler, Carl N. In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought (1992)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "darwinism" from authentic English texts.
What does "darwinism" mean?
Darwinism means: Charles Darwin's theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection (set out chiefly in his works On the Origin of Species, 1859; and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871); also, belief in this theory.
What are synonyms of "darwinism"?
Common synonyms of "darwinism" include: theory of evolution, evolutionism.
What is "darwinism" in Dutch?
"darwinism" translates to Dutch as: darwinisme.
How many example sentences with "darwinism" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "darwinism", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.