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adaptationalism, n. Biol. rare.|ædæpˈteɪʃənəlɪz(ə)m|
[f. adaptational a. + -ism.]
= *adaptationism n.
1985A. Rosenberg Struct. Biol. Sci. viii. 243 Adaptationalism must be compatible with the possibility, indeed the actuality, that many evolved structures have a present function, but were ‘not built by natural selection for their current roles’. 1988Amer. Zoologist XXVIII. 200/2 They go on to allege that all sorts of problems with evolutionary theory, including a blind adherence to adaptationalism..can be laid at the door of reductionism. |