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Darwinism

[dahr-wuh-niz-uhm] / ˈdɑr wəˌnɪz əm /




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These predators practice unfettered instant Darwinism while lobbing macho boasts at each other in the extraterrestrial version of dialogue written for professional wrestlers.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

Social Darwinism was a bad idea in the 1900s.

From Salon May 27, 2025

The Dodgers are essentially facing a sort of baseball Darwinism the rest of the season — with a bloated roster likely to be trimmed down the stretch.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2024

The authors conclude that restricting Darwinism to a purely scientific context is not ideal, noting that theoretical elements play a methodological role in structuring scientific inquiry into natural phenomena.

From Science Daily May 28, 2024

It's like some horribly twisted form of Social Darwinism.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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