"social Darwinism" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} social Darwinism (uncountable)
  1. (sciences) The theory that the laws of evolution by natural selection also apply to social structures. Wikipedia link: social Darwinism Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Pseudoscience, Sciences, Sociology Translations (theory): 社會達爾文主義 (Chinese Cantonese), 社会达尔文主义 (alt: se⁵ wui⁶⁻² daat⁶ ji⁵ man⁴ zyu² ji³) (Chinese Cantonese), 社會達爾文主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 社会达尔文主义 (shèhuì Dá'ěrwén zhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), sociální darwinismus [masculine] (Czech), sociaal darwinisme (Dutch), sosiaalidarvinismi (Finnish), darwinisme social [masculine] (French), სოციალური დარვინიზმი (socialuri darvinizmi) (Georgian), Sozialdarwinismus [masculine] (German), κοινωνικός δαρβινισμός (koinonikós darvinismós) (Greek), דרוויניזם חברתי (darwinízm khevratí) (Hebrew), सामाजिक तत्त्वज्ञानी (sāmājik tattvajñānī) (Hindi), szociáldarwinizmus (Hungarian), darwinismo sociale [masculine] (Italian), 사회진화론 (sahoejinhwaron) (alt: 社會進化論) (Korean), darwinizm społeczny [masculine] (Polish), socjodarwinizm [masculine] (Polish), darwinismo social [masculine] (Portuguese), социа́льный дарвини́зм (sociálʹnyj darvinízm) [masculine] (Russian), darwinismo social [masculine] (Spanish), socialdarwinism [common-gender] (Swedish), sosyal Darvinizm (Turkish), sosyal Darvincilik (Turkish)
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