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Definition: Darwinism |
DarwinismNoun1. A theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Darwinism" was first used: 1867. (references) |
Synonym: DarwinismSynonym: Evolution. (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
It is rarely used by biologists, but is occasionally used by philosophers, mathematicians, and social scientists to describe evolutionary processes that resemble the evolution of life, such as the development of software with genetic algorithms.
When used in this way, the concept of Darwinism is divorced from the details of biological evolution.
A Darwinian process requires the following conditions:
See also: Evolution
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Darwinism."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Organization | Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism. |
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Crosswords: Darwinism |
| English words defined with "Darwinism": Darwinian, Darwinianism ♦ Ernst Heinrich Haeckel ♦ Haeckel ♦ Natural selection ♦ Owen ♦ Sir Richard Owen. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Darwinism" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (darwinism). |
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Screenplays | Reverse Darwinism - survival of the most idiotic. (Jurassic Park III; writing credit: Peter Buchman) | |
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| "Darwinism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.85% of the time. "Darwinism" is used about 93 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.85% | 91 | 34,491 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.15% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 93 | N/A |
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| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "Darwinism": anti-darwinism, Neo-Darwinism, social-darwinism. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
social darwinism | 135 |
darwinism | 86 |
neo darwinism | 5 |
darwinism neural | 4 |
darwinism definition social | 2 |
criticism darwinism | 2 |
darwinism social theory | 2 |
darwinism herbert social spencer | 2 |
award darwinism | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "Darwinism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | darvinizëm. (various references) | |
Arabic | الداروينية مذهب داروين في أصل الأنواع. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | дарвинизъм. (various references) | |
Czech | darwinismus. (various references) | |
Danish | Darwin's teori (Darwin theory), Darwinisme (Darwin theory). (various references) | |
Dutch | darwinisme (Darwin theory). (various references) | |
Finnish | darvinismi. (various references) | |
French | darwinisme (Darwin theory), darwinien (Darwinian). (various references) | |
German | Darwinismus (Darwin theory), Selektionstheorie (Darwin theory). (various references) | |
Greek | δαρβινισμόσ, δαρβινισμός (Darwin theory). (various references) | |
Hungarian | darwinizmus. (various references) | |
Italian | darwinismo (Darwin theory), darvinismo, teoria di Darwin (Darwin theory). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arwinismday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | darwinismo (Darwin theory), darvinismo. (various references) | |
Romanian | darvinism. (various references) | |
Russian | дарвинизм. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | darvinizam. (various references) | |
Spanish | darwinismo (Darwin theory), darvinismo. (various references) | |
Swedish | darwinism. (various references) | |
Turkish | darvincilik, darvin kuramı. (various references) | |
Ukranian | дарвінізм. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | học thuyết Đắc-uyn. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old English | 450-1100 | deorwine. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Darwinism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Darwins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Darwinism" (pronounced 'Dar"win*ism'): Abolitionism, Absenteeism, Absinthism, Absolutism, Academicism, Academism, Accidentalism, Achromatism, Acosmism, Acrobatism, Acrotism, Actinism, Adiaphorism, AEstheticism, Africanism, Agnosticism, Agonism, Agrarianism, Agriculturism, Albinism, Albinoism, Alcoholism, Alienism, Allodialism, Allomerism, Allomorphism, Allotheism, Alphabetism, Altruism, Amateurism, Americanism, Amorphism, Anabaptism, Anachorism, Anachronism, Anacrotism, Anagrammatism, Analogism, Anamorphism, Anarchism, Anathematism, Anatocism, Anatomism, Anchoretism, Andabatism, Aneurism, Anglicanism, Anglicism, Anglo-Catholicism, Anglo-Saxonism, Anilinism, Animalism, Animism, Anomalism, Antagonism, Antarchism, Anthorism, Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphitism, Anthropophuism, Antichronism, Anticivism, Anti-imperialism, Antinomianism, Antiquarianism, Anti-Semitism, Antitheism, Apheliotropism, Aphetism, Aphorism, Aplanatism, Apogeotropism, Apophlegmatism, Apriorism, Arabism, Aramaism, Archaism, Arianism, Aristocratism, Aristotelianism, Arminianism, Arsenicism, Asceticism, Asiaticism, Associationism, Astaticism, Asteism, Asterism, astigmatism, Asystolism, Atavism, Atheism, Athleticism, Athletism, Atomicism, Atomism, Atropism, Atticism, Attorneyism, Authorism, Autochthonism, Autoecism, Autohypnotism, Automatism, Automobilism, Automorphism, Autotheism, Autotropism, Averroism, Baalism, Babyism, Bacchanalianism, Bachelorism, Bahaism, Bantingism, BAPTISM, Barbarism, Bardism, Bastardism, Bathmism, Baunscheidtism, Beggarism, Benthamism, Biblicism, Bibliophilism, Bibliopolism, Bicyclism, Bilingualism, Biliteralism, Bimastism, Bimetallism, Biomagnetism, Biprism, Bitheism, Blackguardism, Bletonism, Blockheadism, Bluestockingism, Bohemianism, Bonapartism, Boodhism, Bossism, Boswellism, Boulangism, Bourbonism, Boycottism, Boyism, Braggardism, Brahmoism, Branchiomerism, Brigandism, Briticism, Bromism, Bromoiodism, Brutalism, Brutism, Buddhism, Buffoonism, Burkism, Cabalism, Caesarism, Cahenslyism, Calvinism, Cannibalism, Carbonarism, Carnalism, Cartesianism, Casualism, Catadicrotism, Catasterism, Catastrophism, Catechism, Catholicism, Cauterism, Cavalierism, Celticism, Cenobitism, Centonism, Centralism, Cephalism, Cerebralism, Ceremonialism, Cesarism, Chaldaism, Characterism, Charism, Charlatanism, Chartism, Chattelism, Chauvinism, Chemism, Chloralism, Chrism, Christianism, Chromatism, Chromism, Churchism, Ciceronianism, Cicisbeism, Cinchonism, Citicism, Civicism, Civism, Classicalism, Classicism, Clericalism, Cliquism, Cocainism, Cockneyism, Collectivism, Colloquialism, Colonialism, Commatism, Commensalism, Commercialism, Communalism, Communism, Compatriotism, Comtism, Conceptualism, Concettism, Confessionalism, Confucianism, Congregationalism, Congruism, Conservatism, Constitutionalism, Consubstantialism, Contrabandism, Conventionalism, Conversationism, Convictism, Corporealism, Cosmopolitanism, Cosmopolitism, Cosmotheism, creationism, Creticism, Cretinism, Cretism, Criticism, Cubism, Cullyism, Curialism, Cynicism, Cyphonism, Daltonism, Dandyism, Darwinianism, Dashism, Deaf-mutism, Decimalism, Deism, Demagogism, Democratism, Demoniacism, Demonianism, Demonism, Denominationalism, Dentalism, Despotism, Determinism, Devilism, Diabolism, Diageotropism, Diaheliotropism, Dialogism, Diamagnetism, Diathermanism, Dichroism, Dichromatism, Dicrotism, Didacticism, Diglottism, Dilettanteism, Dilettantism, Dimorphism, Dioecism, Diorism, Diplomatism, Dissenterism, Ditheism, Docetism, Doctrinarianism, Dogmatism, Donatism, Donnism, Doricism, Dorism, Doughfaceism, Dowagerism, Druidism, Dualism, Dynamism, Dynamitism, Ebionitism, Ecclesiasticism, Eclecticism, Ectorganism, Egoism, Egomism, Egotheism, Egotism, Eleaticism, Electicism, Electro-magnetism, Electro-vitalism, Elementalism, Embolism, Emotionalism, Empiricism, Encyclopedism, Englishism, Entorganism, Epicureanism, Epicurism, Epilogism, Epipolism, Episcopalianism, Episyllogism, Equestrianism, Erastianism, Eremitism, Erethism, Eroticism, Erythrism, Erythrochroism, Esotericism, Essenism, Etacism, Etherealism, Ethnicism, Euhemerism, Eunuchism, Euphemism, Euphonism, Euphuism, Eutychianism, Evangelicalism, Evangelicism, Evangelism, Evolutionism, Exclusionism, Exclusivism, Exorcism, Exoticism, Experientialism, Externalism, Falsism, Familism, Fanaticism, Fanatism, Fantasticism, Fatalism, Favoritism, Federalism, Fenianism, feudalism, Filibusterism, Fissiparism, Flunlyism, Fogyism, Foreignism, formalism, Fossilism, Fourierism, Frenchism, Frivolism, futurism, Galenism, Gallicanism, Gallicism, Galvanotropism, Gamomorphism, Gargarism, Genevanism, Gentilism, Geomalism, Geophagism, Geotropism, Germanism, Geusdism, Gipsyism, Gladiatorism, Gnosticism, Gongorism, Gonochorism, Gormandism, Gothicism, Grammarianism, Grammaticism, Grangerism, Grecism, Grundyism, Gutturalism, Gynandromorphism, Gypsyism, heathenism, Hebraism, Heckerism. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-i-m-n-r-s-w" | |
-1 letter: misdrawn. | |
-2 letters: amidins, diamins, inwards, midairs, misdraw. | |
-3 letters: amidin, animis, diamin, dinars, disarm, diwans, drains, inarms, indris, inward, midair, nadirs, raisin, ranids, rawins, saimin, simian. | |
-4 letters: airns, amids, amins, amirs, animi, damns, darns, dawns, dinar, diwan, drain, drams, drawn, draws, imids, inarm, indri, irids, maids, mains, mairs, midis, minas, minds, minis, nadir, nards, naris, radii, raids, rains, rands, ranid, ranis, rawin, rinds, sarin, simar, swain, swami, sward, swarm, wadis, wains, wairs, wands, wards, warms, warns, winds. | |
-5 letters: aids, aims, ains, airn, airs, amid, amin, amir, amis, ands, anis, arid, arms, awns, dais, damn, dams, darn, dawn, daws, dims, dins, dram, draw, imid, inia, irid, iris, iwis, mads, maid, main, mair, mans, mars, mawn, maws, midi, mids, mina, mind, mini, miri, mirs, nard, nidi, nims, nisi, rads, raid, rain, rami, rams, rand, rani, raws, rias, rids, rims, rind, rins, sadi, said, sain, sand, sard, sari, sawn, sima, snaw, swam, swan, swim, wadi, wads, wain, wair, wand, wans, ward, warm, warn, wars, wind, wins. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-i-m-n-r-s-w" | |
+1 letter: misdrawing. | |
+2 letters: misawarding. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 61 72 77 69 6E 69 73 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .- .-. .--. .. -. .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100001 01110010 01110111 01101001 01101110 01101001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D a r w i n i s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0061 0072 0077 0069 006E 0069 0073 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)386784897580758579 |
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