evolutionism
nounEtymology From evolution + -ism.
1
Usually Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
2
Usually The belief in the universal presence of evolution.
3
Usually The advocacy of Darwinian evolution by natural selection (Darwinism).
- Derived terms
- antievolutionism, creationary evolutionism, cultural evolutionism, deistic evolutionism, neoevolutionism, social evolutionism, sociocultural evolutionism, theistic evolutionism
- Related terms
- evolutionist, evolutionistic, evolutionistically