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survival of the fittest

NOUN
theory of evolution
Synonyms
WEAK
Darwinianism Darwinism Neo-Darwinism adaptation evolution evolutionism law of the jungle natural law natural selection organic evolution phylogeny punctuated equilibrium social Darwinism social evolution

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New CEO Greg Abel might favor survival of the fittest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Watching Springer play game after game and inning after inning is like a survival of the fittest.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2024

The researchers hypothesized that the limited shapes observed in nature reflected "survival of the fittest," and that the many possible shapes not observed in real fungi were, for some reason, weaker evolutionary rejects.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

Darwin didn't rule out natural selection, his original term for "survival of the fittest."

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2023

“Um, with polar bears, it’s not survival of the fittest but survival of the fattest,” Owen told him.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.