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Darwinize

Darwinize verb: to cause to conform to Darwinism.

Verb

Darwinize (third-person singular simple present Darwinizes, present participle Darwinizing, simple past and past participle Darwinized)

  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 of Darwinize

third-person singular presentDarwinizes
present participleDarwinizing
past participleDarwinized
pastDarwinized

Origin of Darwinize

From Darwin + -ize.

Questions about Darwinize

What does Darwinize mean?
Darwinize means to cause to conform to Darwinism.
What part of speech is Darwinize?
Darwinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Darwinize?
The past tense of Darwinize is Darwinized.

Words near Darwinize in the dictionary

  1. Darwinistically
  2. Darwinists
  3. Darwinite
  4. Darwinites
  5. Darwinization
  6. Darwinize
  7. Darwinized
  8. Darwinizes
  9. Darwinizing
  10. darwinned out
  11. darwinning out

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