Adaptationism
Full definition of adaptationism
Noun
adaptationism
(uncountable)- A set of methods in the evolutionary sciences for distinguishing traits resulting from adaptation from those arising through other processes.
- 2006, Massimo Pigliucci, Jonathan Michael Kaplan, Making Sense of Evolution: The Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Biology, Until one is clear about just what one means by adaptationism, what evidence one needs to accuse someone of being an "adaptationist" will remain vague; this rather diminishes the force of the accusation.