“adaptationism”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

adaptationism

释义

adaptationism, n. Biol.|ædæpˈteɪʃənɪz(ə)m|
[f. adaptation n. + -ism.]
A reductionist approach to the study of biological adaptations which considers each character or feature of an organism as having evolved in isolation to fulfil a specific function.
1983Acta Biotheoretica XXXII. 217 The conceptual analysis in the present paper has a preliminary character. It is meant primarily as a basis for criticizing various arguments against ‘adaptationism’.1988Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Aug. 911/4 He enlists the somewhat dubious help of biological ‘adaptationism’ to make the point that assigning a purpose to a biological trait doesn't require knowledge of how the trait fulfils that purpose.1991Nature 11 July 117/3 In the English scientific context,..the complexities of conventional adaptationism may be underestimated by Gould.

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