Darwinian

[ dahr-win-ee-uhn ]

adjective

1. (sometimes lowercase) pertaining to Charles Darwin or his doctrines.

noun

1. a follower of Charles Darwin; a person who accepts or advocates Darwinism.

Darwinian

/ dɑːˈwɪnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Charles Darwin or his theory of evolution by natural selection

noun

1. a person who accepts, supports, or uses this theory

Other Words From

• anti-Dar·wini·an noun adjective
• non-Dar·wini·an adjective noun
• post-Dar·wini·an adjective
• pre-Dar·wini·an adjective
• pro-Dar·wini·an adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Darwinian¹

First recorded in 1855–60; Darwin + -ian

Example Sentences

I suppose the main argument goes like this: We are no longer subject to Darwinian natural selection.

From The Daily Beast

People born into malarial regions have a fierce Darwinian pressure placed upon them—the disease affects everyone in the area.

From The Daily Beast

In the Darwinian world of media and politics, hardly any primal force compares to Clinton Clout.

From The Daily Beast

When you apply Darwinian thinking to social studies, you have to be careful.

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What do you think are the positive forces that Darwinian social theory can bring to our society?

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Why that note of disappointment, almost of resentment, as to Tolstogub's relation to the Darwinian theory?

From Project Gutenberg

The instrumental music of the church has apparently been regulated on the Darwinian theory of “selection.”

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These Darwinian and Marxian explanations constitute what is known as the materialistic explanation of history.

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From another point of view again, the Darwinian theory is at variance with the Scoliae and their prey.

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The Darwinian movement took formal Christianity unawares, suddenly.

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