social Darwinism
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Anything less, so the argument goes, is social Darwinism.
From Slate • Feb. 9, 2022
Steeped in social Darwinism, Mellon viewed the acquisition of wealth as a mark of merit and poverty as a failure of character.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2021
Some even accuse him, history’s most outspoken opponent of social Darwinism, of being — you guessed it — a social Darwinist.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2021
Famous for defending Progressive-era wage and hour regulations against laissez-faire judicial ideology, Holmes was himself a firm believer in social Darwinism.
From New York Times • May 28, 2019
In Darryl’s case, he had written a paper on the novel Deliverance and social Darwinism, the kind of thing a high school boy would grasp on to.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
