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darwinism
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darwinism /dar·win·ism/ (dahr´win-izm) the theory of evolution stating that change in a species over time is partly the result of a process of natural selection, which enables the species to continually adapt to its changing environment.
Dar·win·ism (därw-nzm)
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A theory of biological evolution developed by Charles Darwin and others, stating that all species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that increase the individual's ability to compete, survive, and reproduce.

darwinism
the theory of evolution according to which higher organisms have been developed from lower ones through the influence of natural selection.

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Then came two years of injuries and inconsistency, and in the Darwinistic culture of baseball, Washburn grappled with the same proposition dozens of mere mortals face: Adjust or get out.
These attitudes are undoubtedly rooted in an elitist, Darwinistic perspective that regards expressive forms sanctioned by middle and upper socioeconomic classes as superior, and those associated with lower socioeconomic classes inferior.
One of the fiercest criticisms leveled at the neoliberalism that has characterized economic activity at the end of the century takes direct aim at its Darwinistic underpinnings.
 
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