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'''Darwinism''', named for the nineteenth-century English naturalist [[Charles Darwin]], is a pejorative term used by creationists to discredit evolution, by making it sounds like a petty and small theory.  Just as there is no "Eintsteinism" - there is [[general relativity]] - there is no Darwinism. <ref> [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism]</ref>

'''Darwinism''', named for the nineteenth-century English naturalist [[Charles Darwin]], holds that [[natural selection]] is the directive or creative force of [[evolution]]. <ref> [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism]</ref>

The [[theory of natural selection]] is one of two major evolutionary theories advanced by Darwin, the other being the [[theory of descent with modification]].<ref> [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism]</ref>

The [[theory of natural selection]] is one of two major evolutionary theories advanced by Darwin, the other being the [[theory of descent with modification]].<ref> [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism]</ref>

The modern [[theory of evolution]] based on Darwin's idea is sometimes called "[[Neo-Darwinism]]", or more formally "the modern synthesis".{{fact}}

The modern [[theory of evolution]] based on Darwin's idea is sometimes called "[[Neo-Darwinism]]", or more formally "the modern synthesis".  

==See also==

==See also==