Dawkins

British  

/ ˈdɔːkɪnz /

noun

1. Richard. born 1941, British zoologist, noted for such works as The Selfish Gene (1976), The Blind Watchmaker (1986), The God Delusion (2006), and The Greatest Show on Earth (2009)

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Example Sentences

Influential iconoclastic thinker Richard Dawkins was then pilloried for suggesting that perhaps it already has.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

“Science,” biologist Richard Dawkins says, “has now achieved an emancipation” from the idea of a “Creator.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“It stemmed from seeing people in their mid-40s struggling to get jobs — they couldn’t land interviews,” Dawkins said.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

He cited Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist that talks about this phenomenon in his book, “Unweaving the Rainbow.”

From Salon • May 26, 2025

I must have been steaming up the window, because a stern-looking woman, probably Mrs. Dawkins herself, had shooed me off.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool