evolutionary (evolushonari)

[ Mr. Freeman owns no especial allegiance to Mr. Spencer or to any general evolutionary philosophy. J. Fiske, Evolutionist, p. 202. The bond of continuity which makes man the central link between his ancestors and his posterity is erolution ary , and, as such, dynamical. N. A. Rev. , СХХ. 255. 2. Of or pertaining to evolutions or manœuvers, as of an army, a fleet, etc. The French are making every effort to perfect the training of their naval officers and seamen. Evolutionary squadrons are constantly at sea, accompanied by rams and torpedo-boats. N. A. Rev. , CXXXIX. 435. evolutionism (ev-ō-lü'shon-izm), n. [ evolu tion + -ism.] The metaphysical or the biological doctrine of evolution or development. I do not know whether Evolutionism can claim that amount of currency which would entitle it to be called evolutionism British popular geology; but, more or le vaguely, it is a uredly present in the minds of most geologists. Huxley, Lay Sermons, p. 243. Those who find most satisfaction in insisting upon evo lutionism as a finality are those who, unlike positivists, need a creed. G. S. Hall , German Culture, p. 189. The context shows that "uniformitarianism" here means that doctrine, as limited in application by Hutton and Lyell, and that what I mean by evolutionism is consistent and thoroughgoing uniformitarianism. Huxley , in Nineteenth Century, XXI. 486, note. evolutionist (ev-ō-lū'shon-ist), n. and a. [ evo lution +-ist.] I. n. 1. One skilled in evolutions, specifically in military evolutions.-2. A believer in the biological or cosmological doctrine of evolution. II. a. Of or pertaining to the doctrine of evolution; based upon or believing in the doctrine of evolution. Theories that are evolutionist in the more special "dy. namical" sense, such as that of Leibniz,. introduce the conception of an end towards which the evolution of the world is the nece ary movement. T. Whittaker, Mind, XII. 105. 2045 are half a dozen species in the southern portions of the United States.