evolutionary

Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.

Adjective

  1. Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.
    • The evolutionary history of marine mammals includes land-dwelling ancestors.
    • It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity...
  2. Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution.
    • The basic elements of an evolutionary growth theory are discussed in Section II. - 1974 Dec., Richard R. Nelson, Sidney G. Winter, “Neoclassical vs. Evolutionary Theories of Economic Growth: Critique and Prospectus”, in...

Origin

Etymology tree English evolution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English evolutionary From evolution + -ary.

Synonyms

evolutional

Antonyms

nonevolutional non-evolutional nonevolutionary non-evolutionary

Derived

antievolutionary anti-evolutionary bioevolutionary co-evolutionary coevolutionary ecoevolutionary eco-evolutionary evilutionary evolutionarily evolutionary adaptation evolutionary adaptedness evolutionary altruism evolutionary analysis evolutionary anthropologist evolutionary anthropology evolutionary basis evolutionary behavior evolutionary behaviour evolutionary biologist evolutionary biology evolutionary cause evolutionary center evolutionary centre evolutionary change