THEORY OF EVOLUTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does theory of evolution mean?
• THEORY OF EVOLUTION (noun)
The noun THEORY OF EVOLUTION has 1 sense:
1. (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals
Familiarity information: THEORY OF EVOLUTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• THEORY OF EVOLUTION (noun)
Meaning:
(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
evolutionism; theory of evolution; theory of organic evolution
Hypernyms ("theory of evolution" is a kind of...):
scientific theory (a theory that explains scientific observations)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theory of evolution"):
Darwinism (a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection)
Lamarckism (a theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring)
punctuated equilibrium; theory of punctuated equilibrium (a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change)
