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darwinian — DARWINIÁN, Ă, darwinieni, e, adj. (Rar) Darwinist. [pr.: ni an] – Din fr. darwinien. Trimis de ionel bufu, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 DARWINIÁN adj. v. darwinist. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime darwinián … Dicționar Român
Darwinian — Dar*win i*an, a. [From the name of Charles Darwin, an English scientist.] Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Darwinian — Dar*win i*an, n. An advocate of Darwinism. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
darwinian — Relating to or ascribed to Darwin. * * * Dar·win·ian där win ē ən adj of or relating to Charles Darwin, his theories esp. of evolution, or his followers Darwinian n Dar·win där wən Charles Robert (1809 1882) British naturalist. Darwin is… … Medical dictionary
Darwinian — adjective Date: 1860 1. of or relating to Charles Darwin, his theories especially of evolution, or his followers 2. of, relating to, or being a competitive environment or situation in which only the fittest persons or organizations prosper •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Darwinian — Darwinism ► NOUN ▪ the theory of the evolution of species by natural selection, advanced by the English natural historian Charles Darwin (1809 82). DERIVATIVES Darwinian noun & adjective Darwinist noun & adjective … English terms dictionary
Darwinian anthropology — describes an approach to anthropological analysis which employs various theories from darwinian evolutionary biology. Whilst there are a number of areas of research that can come under this broad description (Marks, 2004)[1] some specific… … Wikipedia
Darwinian literary studies — (aka Literary Darwinism) is a branch of literary criticism that studies literature in the context of evolution by means of natural selection, including gene culture coevolution. It represents an emerging trend of neo Darwinian thought in… … Wikipedia
Darwinian poetry — is a web project[1][2] created in 2003 by David Rea to determine whether non negotiated collaboration could evolve interesting and intelligent poetry using a process akin to natural selection. Visitors to the site are presented with two poems,… … Wikipedia
Darwinian Fairytales — is a book by David Stove which criticizes application of the theory of evolution as an explanation for sociobiological behavior such as altruism. Martin Gardner wrote: Whatever your opinion of ‘Intelligent Design,’ you’ll find Stove’s criticism… … Wikipedia
