ultra-darwinism
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A belief system based heavily on Darwinism and evolutionism. Believers in it see Charles Darwin's work as vital, even all-encompassing, and usually see atheism as an implication of evolution.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- ""On the one hand, we can embrace restrictive naturalism, and ultra-Darwinism, the no-nonsense, hard-nosed stance that accepts the limits of naturalistic explanation no matter the consequences, even if they include incoherence, rabid scepticism and the undermining of science.""
- ""Dawkins was a strong advocate of what became known as ultra-Darwinism, which (as a caricature at least) attempted to explain all of evolution with respect to genes.""