Darwinian

//dɑːˈwɪ.ni.ən//

Synonyms for "darwinian" (11 found)

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Adjective(3 words)

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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)

Related words (5)

Noun(1 words)

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39 translations across 17 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • دَارْوِينِيّ adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)

Asturian

2 entries
  • darvinianu adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darvinista adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)

Catalan

2 entries
  • darwinià adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darwinista noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)

Czech

3 entries
  • darwinovský adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darwinský adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darwinista noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)

Dutch

2 entries
  • darwiniaans adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darwiniaan noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)

French

1 entries
  • darwinien adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)

Galician

2 entries
  • darwinista adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darwinista noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)

German

1 entries
  • Darwinist noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • darwinista noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)

Italian

3 entries
  • darwiniano adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darwinista adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darwinista noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)

Polish

4 entries
  • darwinistyczny adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darwinowski adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darwinista noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)
  • darwinistka noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • darwiniano adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darwinista adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darwinista noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)

Romanian

1 entries
  • darwinist noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)

Russian

2 entries
  • дарвиновский adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • дарвини́ст noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • darvìnist noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)
  • дарвѝнист noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)

Slovak

1 entries
  • darvinovský adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)

Spanish

4 entries
  • darwiniano adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darwiniano adj (of or pertaining to Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia)
  • darwinista adj (of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through natural selection)
  • darwiniana noun (adherent of Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism)

Sample sentences

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After alluding airily to the Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari, the Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Darwinian theory, the principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the Government and advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.

Source: tatoeba (6309933)

Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved.

Source: tatoeba (12056841)

The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.

Source: wiktionary

This is, I believe, the first instance known of a "flying frog," and it is very interesting to Darwinians as showing that the variability of the toes which have been already modified for purposes of swimming and adhesive climbing, have been taken advantage of to enable an allied species to pass through the air like the flying lizard.

Source: wiktionary

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