EVOLUTIONISM

Evolutionism

Evolutionism was a widely held 19th century belief that organisms are intrinsically bound to increase in complexity through evolution. The belief was extended to include cultural evolution and social evolution. In the 1970s the term Neo-Evolutionism was used to describe the idea "that human beings sought to preserve a familiar style of life unless change was forced on them by factors that were beyond their control".

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evolutionism

Noun

  1. Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
  2. The advocacy of Darwinian evolution by natural selection (Darwinism).


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