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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

Example Sentences

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New CEO Greg Abel might favor survival of the fittest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

"This will be a season of survival of the fittest but I can only put 20 players in the squad," said Ten Hag.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 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 only began using "survival of the fittest" in the book's 5th edition.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2023

But I told myself that in nature it’s survival of the fittest.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate

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