单词 | self-evolution |
释义 | self-evolutionn. Evolution or development of something by itself or by its own power. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] > by bringing out what is potential > by one's or its own power self-evolution1826 cultivatibility1886 1826 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) VI. 598 The production or self-evolution of the Point into the Circle. 1857 C. Kingsley Lett. (1877) II. 39 The idea of self-evolution in a story. 1883 Bible Myths (ed. 2) 369 In the progress of still further self-evolution, he [sc. Brahma] willed to invest himself with the second quality of goodness, as Vishnu. 1937 Erkenntnis 7 255 All separate sciences..are presented as steps in the self-evolution of the absolute spirit. 2011 Anthropol. & Aesthetics 59 142/2 The Gnawa festival..allows us to witness this people's continued process of self-evolution and adaptation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826 |
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