Darwinize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cause to conform to Darwinism. transitive

    "Whereas Darwinian social scientists had sought to Darwinize manifest behavior by demonstrating its adaptiveness, the focus of evolutionary psychologists is on the "deeper" psychological mechanisms[…]"

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"Whereas Darwinian social scientists had sought to Darwinize manifest behavior by demonstrating its adaptiveness, the focus of evolutionary psychologists is on the "deeper" psychological mechanisms[…]"

Etymology

From Darwin + -ize.

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