单词 | advolution |
释义 | advolutionn.ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Advolution, a rolling towards. 1867 T. Archer in Savage-club Papers 297 Clay In one fixed advolution rolls. 1879 Fun 12 Feb. 62/1 This planetary orb of ours Owes advolution to his pow'rs, Or (put in language less profound) ‘'Tis love that makes the world go round.’ 2. The process of developing in a specific direction or towards a particular end; an instance of this. Now rare.Frequently contrasted with evolution, regarded as a backward-looking process concerned with origins, with advolution conceived of as a forward-looking process concerned with destination and purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > state of advancement towards completion towardness1475 forwardness1523 advancement1540 onwardness1548 towardliness1553 prolation1610 forwardliness1647 mid-career1720 advolution1883 1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World 401 Why should Evolution stop with the Organic? It is surely obvious that the complement of Evolution is Advolution. 1917 Art World Nov. 131/2 We come across the double principles of an evolution and an advolution if we may so term it. 1931 H. A. Overstreet Enduring Quest vi. 91 While it is, indeed, an e-volution, a rolling out of the past, it is far more predominantly an ad-volution, a turning toward something previsioned. 1979 Linguistics & Philos. 3 126 The observable tendency of paradigms..to expand their membership by other forms' changing in their direction, presumably is an ‘advolution’ in linguistic change. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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