evolutionary theory en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A theory of evolution, especially the scientific theory of evolution through natural selection.
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) Any model of disequilibrium or accumulating change.
Opposed to the evolutionary theory of the universe is the theory of the steady state universe.
1962, Clifford D. Simak, The Solar System: Our New Front Yard, page 70:A more refined version is the concept of restless capitalism developed by Metcalfe, working on the evolutionary theory of economic change by Nelson and Winter. In both cases, the economy is in a state of disequilibrium all of the time.
2015, Jorge Turmo Arnal, Financial Crisis and the Failure of Economic Theory, page 155:
Forms
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| evolutionary theories | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hyponyms
Lamarckism · transformationism · transmutationism · natural selection · orthogenesis · adaptationism · transformism · saltationism
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Translations (35)
pl teoria ewolucji (theory of evolution) · de Evolutionstheorie (theory of evolution) · eo evoluismo (theory of evolution) · cmn 演化論 /演化论 (theory of evolution) · de Entwicklungslehre (theory of evolution) · ka ევოლუციური თეორია (theory of evolution) · ko 진화론 (theory of evolution) · fr théorie de l'évolution (theory of evolution) · pt teoria da evolução (theory of evolution) · da evolutionsteori (theory of evolution) · nds-de Evolutschoonstheorie (theory of evolution) · nl evolutietheorie (theory of evolution) · ro teorie evoluționară (theory of evolution) · nn evolusjonsteori (theory of evolution) · de Abstammungslehre (theory of evolution) · fi evoluutioteoria (theory of evolution) · ka ევოლუციის თეორია (theory of evolution) · tr evrim teorisi (theory of evolution) · nn utviklingslære (theory of evolution) · nb utviklingslære (theory of evolution) · sv utvecklingslära (theory of evolution) · mn эволюцийн онол (theory of evolution) · de Abstammungstheorie (theory of evolution) · fi kehitysoppi (theory of evolution) · sv evolutionsteori (theory of evolution) · cmn 進化論 /进化论 (theory of evolution) · ar نَظَرِيَّة التَّطَوُّر (theory of evolution) · de Deszendenztheorie (theory of evolution) · ru тео́рия эволю́ции (theory of evolution) · tl huna ng kasunlaran (theory of evolution) · de Deszendenzlehre (theory of evolution) · da udviklingslære (theory of evolution) · ro teorie evoluțională (theory of evolution) · nb evolusjonsteori (theory of evolution) · de Evolutionslehre (theory of evolution)