Darwinian
adjective
pertaining to Charles Darwin or his doctrines.
pre-Darwinian
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a word derived from
Darwinian.
Example Sentences
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A decided positivism—the painstaking naturalism of the pre-Darwinian life sciences, with their attention to the taxonomy, function and illustration of biological forms—made itself felt in his work habits and in his meticulous drawings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Here the author sets his sights backward by 100 years to spoof the pre-Darwinian notion of nature as the beneficent servant of man.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a curious production, this first book of Haeckel's, and representative not so much of Darwinian as of pre-Darwinian 248thought.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The pre-Darwinian statesmen and publicists were not restrained directly by God; but they restrained themselves by setting up an image of a Public Opinion which would not tolerate any attempt to tamper with British liberties.
From Back to Methuselah by Bernard Shaw
He has met inventors of sects, and has heard of pre-Darwinian "mathematicians" who doubt the fact that there were no men before Adam and are inclined to think there are no devils at all.
From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by J. J. Jusserand
