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单词 adaptationist
释义

adaptationist

adjective

ad·​ap·​ta·​tion·​ist ˌa-ˌdap-ˈtā-sh(ə-)nist How to pronounce adaptationist (audio)
-dəp-
: explaining or seeking to explain the evolution of traits in terms of their adaptive function or survival value
adaptationist noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But in 1968, the famed population geneticist Motoo Kimura resisted the adaptationist perspective with his neutral theory of molecular evolution. Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2018 The biologists who most militantly defend the adaptationist Darwinian view of evolution, such as Richard Dawkins, do not gladly suffer dissent. David Dobbs, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2017

Word History

Etymology

adaptation + -ist entry 2

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

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