Darwinist
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a word derived from
Darwinism.
Darwinismnounthe Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
Example Sentences
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While staunchly feminist, Osterberg often expressed her vision in social Darwinist terms.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
I’m struck by your reference there to how this kind of post-Reconstruction, gilded, social Darwinist era kind of paved the road for fascism to come later.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025
This Darwinist touch runs counter to the core work of activism.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2021
Some even accuse him, history’s most outspoken opponent of social Darwinism, of being — you guessed it — a social Darwinist.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2021
The professor is a full-fledged German Darwinist, and believes in nothing that I know of, unless it is himself.
From Esther by Henry Adams