evolutionism

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Lately, this view, "cultural evolutionism," has been revived and given a new vocabulary.

From Time Magazine Archive

The evolutionary conception of life is the foundation of that philosophy, which, however, has little or nothing in common with the materialistic and dogmatic evolutionism of the last century.

From Mr. Faust by Ficke, Arthur Davison

When the truth is boiled down, it appears that Dewey's historical method, in so far as he had one, was based on biological evolutionism.

From John Dewey's logical theory by Howard, Delton Thomas

The predominant interest of evolutionism is in the question of human destiny, or at least of the destiny of Life.

From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Russell, Bertrand

Twenty-one years had come and gone since the father of modern scientific evolutionism had launched upon the world his tentative work.

From Charles Darwin by Allen, Grant