Darwinism
WordNet
noun
(1) A theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The principles of natural selection set out by Charles Darwin in the Origin of Species (1859) and other writings.
- The evolution and common ancestry of all living and extinct species resulting from gradual evolutionary mechanisms such as natural selection.
Related terms
- Darwinian
- Darwinist
- natural selection
- Nobel Prize
- survival of the fittest