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Hamiltonian spite

Hamiltonian spite noun: behaviours occurring among conspecifics that have a cost for the actor and a negative impact upon the recipient.

Noun

Hamiltonian spite (uncountable)

  1. (social evolution) Behaviours occurring among conspecifics that have a cost for the actor and a negative impact upon the recipient.

Origin of Hamiltonian spite

Derived from a 1964 paper on genetics by W. D. Hamilton.

Questions about Hamiltonian spite

What does Hamiltonian spite mean?
Hamiltonian spite means behaviours occurring among conspecifics that have a cost for the actor and a negative impact upon the recipient.
What part of speech is Hamiltonian spite?
Hamiltonian spite is a noun.

Words near Hamiltonian spite in the dictionary

  1. Hamiltonian graph
  2. Hamiltonian operator
  3. Hamiltonian operators
  4. Hamiltonian path
  5. Hamiltonian paths
  6. Hamiltonian spite
  7. Hamiltonianism
  8. Hamiltonianness
  9. hamiltonians
  10. Hamiltonicity
  11. Hamiltonisation

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