evolutionary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌɛv.əˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/ (UK)
- /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/ (US)
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- /ˌɛv.əˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/ (US)
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- /ˌiː.vəˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English evolution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English evolutionary From evolution + -ary.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.
It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.
2013 March 14, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2017, page 83:The evolutionary history of marine mammals includes land-dwelling ancestors.
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(not-comparable) Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution.
The basic elements of an evolutionary growth theory are discussed in Section II.
1974 Dec., Richard R. Nelson, Sidney G. Winter, “Neoclassical vs. Evolutionary Theories of Economic Growth: Critique and Prospectus”, in The Economic Journal, volume 84, number 336, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 886–905:
Antonyms
nonevolutionary · non-evolutional · non-evolutionary · nonevolutional
Deriveds
evolutionary theory · evolutionary theorist · evolutionary creation · evolutionary adaptedness · evolutionary centre · evolutionary science · evolutionary worldview · anti-evolutionary · evolutionary ecology · phyloevolutionary · nonevolutionary · evolutionary behavior · evolutionary biologist · evolutionary taxonomist · evolutionary cladistics · evolutionary cause · evolutionary ethologist · evolutionary descent · mesoevolutionary · evilutionary · evolutionary creationism · evolutionary genetics · evolutionary center · macro-evolutionary · evolutionary psychology · evolutionary radiation · evolutionary ecologist · evolutionary theoretician · evolutionary psychologist · evolutionary structure · pro-evolutionary · preevolutionary · evolutionary synthesis · evolutionary convergence · evolutionarily · macroevolutionary · evolutionary altruism · evolutionary ethics · post-evolutionary · protoevolutionary · micro-evolutionary · evolutionary basis · evolutionary trap · evolutionary change · evolutionary reconstruction · proto-evolutionary · non-evolutionary · evolutionary selection · evolutionary embryology · neuroevolutionary · evolutionary time · evolutionary anthropologist · microevolutionary · unevolutionary · socioevolutionary · evolutionary research · evolutionary timeline · pre-evolutionary · evolutionary researcher · evolutionary creationist · co-evolutionary · evolutionary embryologist · pseudoevolutionary · evolutionary stasis · orthoevolutionary · eco-evolutionary · pseudo-evolutionary · evolutionary developmental biology · evolutionary taxonomy · evolutionary cladist · evolutionary relation · antievolutionary · evolutionary anthropology · evolutionary ethology · proevolutionary · postevolutionary · evolutionary species · evolutionary systematics · ecoevolutionary · evolutionary tree · evolutionary analysis · evolutionary adaptation · evolutionary biology · evolutionary ethicist · bioevolutionary · evolutionary status · evolutionary divergence · evolutionary behaviour · evolutionary stage · coevolutionary · evolutionary speciation · evolutionary relationship · paleoevolutionary · evolutionary scientist · evolutionary systematist · socio-evolutionary
Synonyms
Translations (38)
pl ewolucyjny (of or relating to evolution) · it evolutivo (of or relating to evolution) · es evolucionario (of or relating to evolution) · vi tiến hóa (of or relating to evolution) · da evolutionær (of or relating to evolution) · es evolutivo (of or relating to evolution) · lv evolucionārs (of or relating to evolution) · fi evolutionaarinen (of or relating to evolution) · sh evolúcījskī (of or relating to evolution) · fr évolutif (of or relating to evolution) · pt evolutivo (of or relating to evolution) · oc evolutiu (of or relating to evolution) · hi क्रमविकासीय (of or relating to evolution) · sv evolutionär (of or relating to evolution) · ga éabhlóideach (of or relating to evolution) · da evolutions- (of or relating to evolution) · it evoluzionario (of or relating to evolution) · ro evoluțial (of or relating to evolution) · hu evolúciós (of or relating to evolution) · es evolucionista (of or relating to evolution) · uk еволюці́йний (of or relating to evolution) · eo evolua (of or relating to evolution) · nb evolusjonær (of or relating to evolution) · hy էվոլյուցիոն (of or relating to evolution) · ro evoluționar (of or relating to evolution) · ro evoluțional (of or relating to evolution) · et evolutsiooniline (of or relating to evolution) · fi kehitysopillinen (of or relating to evolution) · be эвалюцы́йны (of or relating to evolution) · de evolutionär (of or relating to evolution) · fr évolutionnaire (of or relating to evolution) · ru эволюцио́нный (of or relating to evolution) · he אבולוציוני (of or relating to evolution) · nl evolutionair (of or relating to evolution) · cs evoluční (of or relating to evolution) · nb evolusjonær (of or relating to evolution) · da udviklings- (of or relating to evolution) · ca evolutiu (of or relating to evolution)