| 单词 | gradualism |
| 释义 | gradualism —gradualist, n. , adj. —gradualistic, adj. /graj"ooh euh liz'euhm/ n. 1. the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change. 2. Philos. a theory maintaining that two seemingly conflicting notions are not radically opposed, but are related by others partaking in varying degrees of the character of both. 3. Biol. a tenet in evolutionary theory maintaining that species evolve slowly and continuously over long periods of geological time. Cf. punctuated equilibrium. [1825-35, Amer.; GRADUAL + -ISM] |
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