Darwinizev.

Brit.

/ˈdɑːwᵻnʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈdɑrwəˌnaɪz/

Forms: 1800s– Darwinise, 1800s– Darwinize. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Darwin , -ize suffix.

Etymology: < the names of Erasmus Darwin and Charles Darwin (see Darwinian adj.) + -ize suffix. Compare Darwinizing n.

a. intransitive. To speculate about the evolution of life, after the manner of Erasmus Darwin; to write in the poetic style of Erasmus Darwin. Now historical.See note at Darwinism n. 1.

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1807 [see Darwinizing n.].

1824 Eclectic Rev. Dec. 568 This is Darwin out-Darwinized.]

1863 Q. Rev. July 206 Nor yet has he [sc. the supposed spirit of Tom Paine] advanced in scientific knowledge; witness his account of the development of man, ‘as..having come up by regular stages of gradation from the monad’ (surely either Tom Darwinizes or Darwin Tomizes).

1987 D. J. Crisp in A. J. Southward Barnacle Biol. Pref. p. vii Once Charles Darwin's Monographs on the Cirripedia were completed, he could afford to ‘darwinise’ even in the sense used by his grandfather's critics, for his reputation was by then secure.

2008 J. A. Secord Evolutionary Writings Introd. p. xv To ‘darwinize’ in Regency England was to write verses like these.

b. intransitive. To speculate or theorize about evolution in the light of Charles Darwin's theory.

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1867 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 40 87 We have now suddenly begun to Darwinise freely with Willan's labours, and believe that certain elementary lesions previously considered as distinct are but varieties of one species of change.

1895 W. Hill Socialism & Sense ii. xvi. 110 Let us all Darwinise..as much as we please in our books and our speeches.

2011 P. Fritzsche Turbulent World Franz Göll vi. 224 He read shelves of books about biological competition and social life; he psychologized, biologized, and Darwinized.

2. transitive. To subject to evolution or selective competition in a manner considered to be Darwinian; to modify or eliminate by means of natural or artificial selection. Also intransitive: to evolve or be transformed in this way.

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1867 Zoologist 2 726 The apterous females are seen running like spiders over rocks..and are invariably regarded as creatures Darwinized by isolation or by climatal conditions.

1868 Atlantic Almanac 1869 31/1 The gardeners have exerted on it [sc. the hollyhock] a force which, working on the plastic tendencies of all organic structures, has Darwinized it, and now the tall spikes are covered with great double masses glowing with color.

1888 Encycl. Brit. IX. 96/1 Of the relatively pure yeast we now again take a speck and sow it in a fresh supply of germless wort, and so on until the foreign cells can be assumed to be ‘Darwinized’ out of existence.

1890 R. Boldrewood Squatter's Dream (1892) xvii. 211 I wonder how long they would take to Darwinize into webbed feet and a beaverly breadth of tail.

1905 Items of Interest (Consolidated Dental Manufacturing Co., N.Y.) 27 193 Could it not be that pathogenic bacteria are Darwinized through a medium associated with the higher civilizing methods of life?

1984 World Affairs 147 90 ‘Darwinizing’ the forests by planting deciduous trees could have extremely adverse consequences.

2000 Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (Nexis) 7 Jan. d1 I'm Darwinizing my landscape... If plants survive, great. If they die, I'll try something else.

3. transitive. To cause (a person) to accept Darwinism; to subject to the influence of Darwinism; to incorporate Charles Darwin's ideas or principles into (a theory or discipline); to consider or treat (a subject) in the light of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Also intransitive.

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1868 Pop. Sci. Rev. 7 75 If we wished to darwinise a thoughtful man, we should make him read this work as a preliminary to ‘The Origin of Species’.

1872 W. E. Webb Buffalo Land ii. 42 The latter's [sc. Pythagoras's] doctrine of metempsychosis he Darwinized. In their transmigration from one body to another, souls developed.

1893 J. Bonar Philos. & Polit. Econ. 364 This was the gradual improvement of complicated tools and machines, which Marx had in mind, when he desired to ‘Darwinize’ industrial history.

1896 G. Macloskie in W. M. Sloane Life James McCosh viii. 123 He [sc. Asa Gray] had as little success in his efforts to Darwinize the American public as he had in his effort to lead Darwin himself back to theism.

1912 R. R. Marett Anthropology i. 9 We [anthropologists] need to darwinize actively.

1929 E. Blunden Nat. in Eng. Lit. 14 The great mind which compares and sifts evidence until a new De Rerum Natura darwinizes us.

1954 M. Wheeler Archaeol. from Earth xvii. 207 To equate the development of human institutions with the normal processes of organic evolution, to Darwinize human ‘Progress’.

1990 T. R. Birkhead & A. Kohn Brighter Side Human Nature 124 He [sc. Haeckel] became utterly convinced of the truth of evolution and proceeded to Darwinize Germany through his popular science writings.

2006 N. Ritt Selfish Sounds & Ling. Evol. v. 118 Enthusiasts..are attempting to expand the idea [sc. memetics] into a theory with a rashness that makes Schleicher's and Jespersen's attempts to ‘Darwinise’ historical linguistics appear..as epitomes of scholarly caution.

Derivatives

ˈDarwinized adj.

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1872 Manch. Weekly Times 16 Mar. 3/2 During my last tour of duty abroad I..obtained a small monkey, much given to mischief—as is the nature of these Darwinised progenitors of mankind.

1895 C. K. Tuckerman Personal Recoll. Notable People II. 40 He must have become more or less Darwinized by the human traits of Old Judge and the little monkey.

1920 G. B. Shaw in Public Opinion 13 Aug. 160/2 It has restored faith in Providence to a Darwinised world.

1970 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 31 378 The Darwinized conservatism against which George and other reformers battled was real.

2008 G. Geher & G. Miller Mating Intelligence p. xxi When one looks carefully for the Darwinized areas of psychology, obvious gaps emerge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	darwinize
释义	Darwinizev. Brit. /ˈdɑːwᵻnʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈdɑrwəˌnaɪz/ Forms: 1800s– Darwinise, 1800s– Darwinize. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Darwin , -ize suffix. Etymology: < the names of Erasmus Darwin and Charles Darwin (see Darwinian adj.) + -ize suffix. Compare Darwinizing n. 1. a. intransitive. To speculate about the evolution of life, after the manner of Erasmus Darwin; to write in the poetic style of Erasmus Darwin. Now historical.See note at Darwinism n. 1. ΚΠ 1807 [see Darwinizing n.]. 1824 Eclectic Rev. Dec. 568 This is Darwin out-Darwinized.] 1863 Q. Rev. July 206 Nor yet has he [sc. the supposed spirit of Tom Paine] advanced in scientific knowledge; witness his account of the development of man, ‘as..having come up by regular stages of gradation from the monad’ (surely either Tom Darwinizes or Darwin Tomizes). 1987 D. J. Crisp in A. J. Southward Barnacle Biol. Pref. p. vii Once Charles Darwin's Monographs on the Cirripedia were completed, he could afford to ‘darwinise’ even in the sense used by his grandfather's critics, for his reputation was by then secure. 2008 J. A. Secord Evolutionary Writings Introd. p. xv To ‘darwinize’ in Regency England was to write verses like these. b. intransitive. To speculate or theorize about evolution in the light of Charles Darwin's theory. ΚΠ 1867 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 40 87 We have now suddenly begun to Darwinise freely with Willan's labours, and believe that certain elementary lesions previously considered as distinct are but varieties of one species of change. 1895 W. Hill Socialism & Sense ii. xvi. 110 Let us all Darwinise..as much as we please in our books and our speeches. 2011 P. Fritzsche Turbulent World Franz Göll vi. 224 He read shelves of books about biological competition and social life; he psychologized, biologized, and Darwinized. 2. transitive. To subject to evolution or selective competition in a manner considered to be Darwinian; to modify or eliminate by means of natural or artificial selection. Also intransitive: to evolve or be transformed in this way. ΚΠ 1867 Zoologist 2 726 The apterous females are seen running like spiders over rocks..and are invariably regarded as creatures Darwinized by isolation or by climatal conditions. 1868 Atlantic Almanac 1869 31/1 The gardeners have exerted on it [sc. the hollyhock] a force which, working on the plastic tendencies of all organic structures, has Darwinized it, and now the tall spikes are covered with great double masses glowing with color. 1888 Encycl. Brit. IX. 96/1 Of the relatively pure yeast we now again take a speck and sow it in a fresh supply of germless wort, and so on until the foreign cells can be assumed to be ‘Darwinized’ out of existence. 1890 R. Boldrewood Squatter's Dream (1892) xvii. 211 I wonder how long they would take to Darwinize into webbed feet and a beaverly breadth of tail. 1905 Items of Interest (Consolidated Dental Manufacturing Co., N.Y.) 27 193 Could it not be that pathogenic bacteria are Darwinized through a medium associated with the higher civilizing methods of life? 1984 World Affairs 147 90 ‘Darwinizing’ the forests by planting deciduous trees could have extremely adverse consequences. 2000 Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (Nexis) 7 Jan. d1 I'm Darwinizing my landscape... If plants survive, great. If they die, I'll try something else. 3. transitive. To cause (a person) to accept Darwinism; to subject to the influence of Darwinism; to incorporate Charles Darwin's ideas or principles into (a theory or discipline); to consider or treat (a subject) in the light of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1868 Pop. Sci. Rev. 7 75 If we wished to darwinise a thoughtful man, we should make him read this work as a preliminary to ‘The Origin of Species’. 1872 W. E. Webb Buffalo Land ii. 42 The latter's [sc. Pythagoras's] doctrine of metempsychosis he Darwinized. In their transmigration from one body to another, souls developed. 1893 J. Bonar Philos. & Polit. Econ. 364 This was the gradual improvement of complicated tools and machines, which Marx had in mind, when he desired to ‘Darwinize’ industrial history. 1896 G. Macloskie in W. M. Sloane Life James McCosh viii. 123 He [sc. Asa Gray] had as little success in his efforts to Darwinize the American public as he had in his effort to lead Darwin himself back to theism. 1912 R. R. Marett Anthropology i. 9 We [anthropologists] need to darwinize actively. 1929 E. Blunden Nat. in Eng. Lit. 14 The great mind which compares and sifts evidence until a new De Rerum Natura darwinizes us. 1954 M. Wheeler Archaeol. from Earth xvii. 207 To equate the development of human institutions with the normal processes of organic evolution, to Darwinize human ‘Progress’. 1990 T. R. Birkhead & A. Kohn Brighter Side Human Nature 124 He [sc. Haeckel] became utterly convinced of the truth of evolution and proceeded to Darwinize Germany through his popular science writings. 2006 N. Ritt Selfish Sounds & Ling. Evol. v. 118 Enthusiasts..are attempting to expand the idea [sc. memetics] into a theory with a rashness that makes Schleicher's and Jespersen's attempts to ‘Darwinise’ historical linguistics appear..as epitomes of scholarly caution. Derivatives ˈDarwinized adj. ΚΠ 1872 Manch. Weekly Times 16 Mar. 3/2 During my last tour of duty abroad I..obtained a small monkey, much given to mischief—as is the nature of these Darwinised progenitors of mankind. 1895 C. K. Tuckerman Personal Recoll. Notable People II. 40 He must have become more or less Darwinized by the human traits of Old Judge and the little monkey. 1920 G. B. Shaw in Public Opinion 13 Aug. 160/2 It has restored faith in Providence to a Darwinised world. 1970 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 31 378 The Darwinized conservatism against which George and other reformers battled was real. 2008 G. Geher & G. Miller Mating Intelligence p. xxi When one looks carefully for the Darwinized areas of psychology, obvious gaps emerge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1807
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