Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evolutionism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
evo-lu-tion-ism
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.

Countable

noun

The belief in the universal presence of evolution.

Uncountable

noun

The advocacy of Darwinian evolution by natural selection (Darwinism).

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English evolution Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English evolutionism From evolution + -ism.

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What does evolutionism mean?
Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
Where does evolutionism come from?
Etymology tree English evolution Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English evolutionism From evolution + -ism.

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