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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Darwinize en · VERB

Etymology

From Darwin + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To cause to conform to Darwinism.
    • Whereas Darwinian social scientists had sought to Darwinize manifest behavior by demonstrating its adaptiveness, the focus of evolutionary psychologists is on the "deeper" psychological mechanisms[…] 2004, Richard C. Francis, Why men won't ask for directions: the seductions of sociobiology, page 166:

Forms

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Darwinized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Darwinized Tense=Past lexicographic
Darwinizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
Darwinizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

Darwinization