Darwinism

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈdɑː(ɹ)wɪnɪzÉ™m/

Origin

Darwin + -ism

Full definition of Darwinism

Noun

1. Various concepts of development or evolution popularised by Charles Darwin's publication of in 1859.
2. The principles of natural selection set out in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859), more strictly defined by August Weismann and developed by other authors into a central part of the .

Synonyms

• Darwinianism

Derived terms

• social Darwinism

Related terms

• Darwinian
• Darwinist
• natural selection
• Nobel Prize
• survival of the fittest