DARWINIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Darwinian mean? 

• DARWINIAN (noun)
  The noun DARWINIAN has 1 sense:

1. an advocate of Darwinism

  Familiarity information: DARWINIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• DARWINIAN (adjective)
  The adjective DARWINIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution

  Familiarity information: DARWINIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DARWINIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An advocate of Darwinism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Darwinian" is a kind of...):

advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

Derivation:

Darwinian (of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution)

• DARWINIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Darwinian theories

Pertainym:

Darwinism (a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection)

Derivation:

Darwin (English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882))

Darwinian (an advocate of Darwinism)