The historical thesis can be summarized by saying that Darwinism has undergone three stages of evolution.
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Darwinism
//ˈdɑːwɪnɪzəm//
Synonyms for "darwinism" (2 found)
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40 translations across 34 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- դարվինիզմ noun (principles of natural selection)
Bulgarian
1 entries- дарвинизъм noun (principles of natural selection)
Catalan
1 entries- darwinisme noun (principles of natural selection)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 達爾文主義 /达尔文主义 noun (principles of natural selection)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 達爾文主義 /达尔文主义 noun (principles of natural selection)
Czech
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Danish
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Esperanto
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Finnish
1 entries- darwinismi noun (principles of natural selection)
French
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Galician
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Georgian
1 entries- დარვინიზმი noun (principles of natural selection)
German
1 entries- Darwinismus noun (principles of natural selection)
Hungarian
1 entries- darwinizmus noun (principles of natural selection)
Ido
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Interlingua
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Italian
2 entries- darvinismo noun (principles of natural selection)
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Japanese
1 entries- ダーウィニズム noun (principles of natural selection)
Kazakh
1 entries- дарвинизм noun (principles of natural selection)
Korean
2 entries- 다위니즘 noun (principles of natural selection)
- 다윈주의 noun (principles of natural selection)
Macedonian
1 entries- дарвини́зам noun (principles of natural selection)
Norwegian Bokmål
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Norwegian Nynorsk
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Persian
1 entries- داروینیسم noun (principles of natural selection)
Polish
1 entries- darwinizm noun (principles of natural selection)
Portuguese
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Romanian
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Russian
1 entries- дарвини́зм noun (principles of natural selection)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- darvinìzam noun (principles of natural selection)
- дарвинѝзам noun (principles of natural selection)
Slovak
1 entries- darvinizmus noun (principles of natural selection)
Spanish
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- darwinismo noun (principles of natural selection)
Swedish
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Turkish
2 entries- Darvincilik noun (principles of natural selection)
- Darvinizm noun (principles of natural selection)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дарвіні́зм noun (principles of natural selection)
Sample sentences
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The fittest survive. What is meant by the fittest? Not the strongest; not the cleverest— Weakness and stupidity everywhere survive. There is no way of determining fitness except in that a thing does survive. "Fitness," then, is only another name for "survival." Darwinism: That survivors survive.
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Here's a hot take. Social Darwinism is an excuse for people to not give a damn about anyone else.
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I think Social Darwinism is just an excuse for people to not care about anyone else.
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