SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
Dictionary entry overview: What does survival of the fittest mean? • SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST (noun)
The noun SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST has 1 sense:
1. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Familiarity information: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST (noun)
Meaning:
A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
natural selection; survival of the fittest; survival; selection
Hypernyms ("survival of the fittest" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
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