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Definition of: Darwinism
(där′win·iz′əm) noun
1. The biological doctrine of descent by natural selection with variation, advocated by Charles Darwin.
2. The evolutionary theory of Charles Darwin: also Darwinian theory.
—Dar′win·ist noun & adjective
—Dar′win·is′tic adjective
—Dar′win·ite (-īt) noun
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