evolutionism

See also: evoluționism

English

Etymology

From evolution +‎ -ism.

Noun

evolutionism (usually uncountable, plural evolutionisms)

1. (countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
2. (uncountable) The belief in the universal presence of evolution.
3. (uncountable) The advocacy of Darwinian evolution by natural selection (Darwinism).

Derived terms

• creationary evolutionism
• cultural evolutionism
• deistic evolutionism
• social evolutionism
• sociocultural evolutionism
• theistic evolutionism

 

Related terms

• evolutionist
• evolutionistic
• evolutionistically

Translations

any evolutionary theory or belief system

• Armenian: էվոլյուցիոն տեսություն (hy) (ēvolyucʻion tesutʻyun), էվոլյուցիոնիզմ (hy) (ēvolyucʻionizm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 進化論／进化论 (zh) (jìnhuàlùn), 演進主義／演进主义 (yǎnjìn zhǔyì)

• Danish: evolutionisme c
• Dutch: evolutionisme n
• Esperanto: evoluismo, evoluciismo
• Finnish: evoluutio-oppi, evolutionismi
• German: Evolutionismus (de) m
• Ido: evolucionismo (io)
• Japanese: 進化主義 (しんかしゅぎ, shinkashugi)
• Kazakh: эволюцияшылдық (évolüsiäşyldyq)
• Manx: aafilleydys m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: evolusjonisme m

  Nynorsk: evolusjonisme m

• Polish: ewolucjonizm (pl) m
• Romanian: evoluționism (ro) n
• Russian: эволюционизм (ru) m (evoljucionizm)
• Serbo-Croatian: evolucionizam (sh) m