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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)
n.
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.
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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This ``victory'' for Darwinists can only be a defeat for science, and the students will be the ones to pay the price.
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CORRECTION: Darwinists would have us think that only snaggle-toothed, dim-witted snake-handlers dare challenge the orthodoxy of Darwinism, but that is far from the case.
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At various times, Social Darwinists have used their theory to justify social inequality, imperialism, elitist economic policies and even eugenics.
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