Antonyms for evolution
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ev-uh-loo-shuhn or, esp. British, ee-vuh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛv əˈlu ʃən or, esp. British, ˌi və- |
Definition of evolution
Origin :- 1620s, "an opening of what was rolled up," from Latin evolutionem (nominative evolutio) "unrolling (of a book)," noun of action from evolvere (see evolve).
- Used in various senses in medicine, mathematics, and general use, including "growth to maturity and development of an individual living thing" (1660s). Modern use in biology, of species, first attested 1832 by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell. Charles Darwin used the word only once, in the closing paragraph of "The Origin of Species" (1859), and preferred descent with modification, in part because evolution already had been used in the 18c. homunculus theory of embryological development (first proposed under this name by Bonnet, 1762), in part because it carried a sense of "progress" not found in Darwin's idea. But Victorian belief in progress prevailed (along with brevity), and Herbert Spencer and other biologists popularized evolution.
- noun development, progress
- And this brings me to an important factor in the case: the factor of evolution.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- That was the second stage in the evolution of bread in this country.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- No other city in course of evolution has ever furnished such a spectacle.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- And nothing they do can prevent the evolution from continuing.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Anton, you may describe the stages in the evolution of the super-man.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- The method of this evolution is a struggle in which the weak perish and the strong survive.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- No "evolution," no "involution," no word without sense or meaning.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- As the days went by, the evolution of like into love was accelerated.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- The female led, and the male followed her in the evolution of life.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- From now on, evolution is to be a psychical rather than a physical process.
- Extract from : « Commercialism and Journalism » by Hamilton Holt
Synonyms for evolution
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