Darwinism

/ˈdɑːwɪnɪzəm/

UK: /ˈdɑːwɪnɪzəm/

Darwinism

English Noun Top 48,653

Definition

Various concepts of development or evolution popularised by Charles Darwin's publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859.

Etymology

From Darwin + -ism, coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1860.