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Darwinism in Chinese

Darwinism in Chinese is 達爾文主義 — Darwinism means charles Darwin's theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection (set out chiefly in his works On the Origin of Species, 1859; and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871); also, belief in this theory.

Darwinism in Chinese

達爾文主義
noun
Pronounced: Dá ěr wén zhǔ yì
The principles of natural selection set out in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859), more strictly defined by August Weismann and developed by other authors into a central part of the modern evolutionary synthesis.

What does "Darwinism" mean?

  1. noun Charles Darwin's theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection (set out chiefly in his works On the Origin of Species, 1859; and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871); also, belief in this theory.
  2. noun Short for neo-Darwinism (“the synthesis of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection with the modern genetic understanding of heredity”).
  3. noun Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word.
  4. noun Any of various theories in biology which apply aspects of Darwin's theory (noun sense 1) such as adaptation, competition, or gradual evolution; also, belief in such a theory.
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What is "Darwinism" in Chinese?

"Darwinism" in Chinese is 達爾文主義. Darwinism means: Charles Darwin's theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection (set out chiefly in his works On the Origin of Species, 1859; and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871); also, belief in this theory.

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"Darwinism" in Chinese is 達爾文主義, pronounced "Dá ěr wén zhǔ yì".

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