单词 | un-darwinian |
释义 | un-Darwinianadj. Differing from, at odds with, or not explained by Charles Darwin's theory of the evolution of living organisms by means of natural selection, or evolutionary theory more generally; cf. Darwinism n. 2a. Also in extended use: preventing, counteracting, or not characterized by competition based on fitness or merit. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > theories > [adjective] > of genetics or evolution Lamarckian1846 Darwinian1859 Darwinite1860 polygenistic1860 vestigian1860 Darwinistic1863 monogenistic1865 un-Darwinian1869 pre-Darwinian1870 Darwinic1871 hereditarian1873 monogenetic1873 pangenetic1875 phylogenic1875 evolutionistic1876 Darwinical1881 neo-Lamarckian1884 Darwinizing1886 neo-Darwinian1888 unigenist1896 Haeckelian1897 pangenic1900 Mendelian1902 monogenic1902 pre-Mendelian1902 Weismannian1903 autonomistic1904 adaptionist1915 adaptationist1931 gradualist1931 selectionist1944 Morganist1949 saltationist1954 punctuational1976 punctuationalist1978 punctuationist1979 1869 Overland Monthly Sept. 253/1 Dynasties, and institutions, and races of men in society, are quite as much affected by that un-Darwinian agent, the human will, to say nothing of the Divine. 1881 Canad. Naturalist New Ser. 9 75 In their un-Darwinian account of the origin of man the Malay-Polynesians, Algonquins and Maya-Quichés agree. 1920 Social Welfare July 271/2 It makes me angry to be told that in helping poverty we are un-Darwinian, and that it checks the survival of the fittest. 1955 H. Hodgkinson Doubletalk 43 ‘The modern theory of mutations’ is regarded as un-Darwinian. 1977 ‘D. Cory’ Bennett iv. 121 If he..had evolved from a mere something..to a sentient personality, then Bennett in a most un-Darwinian way gave an opposite impression. 1994 Proc. IFIP Congr. III. 490 Protection..was surely not intended to usher in an un-Darwinian environment where even the unfit had the right to survive. 2014 Evening Star (Nexis) 14 Feb. It's an attack on Selfish Gene theory, arguing Darwinism is a much richer thing than Dawkinism and that Dawkins is totally un-Darwinian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1869 |
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