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'''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>
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'''Darwinism''' is  a pejorative term for the "scientific" theory of Darwinian evolution. Named for the nineteenth-century English naturalist [[Charles Darwin]], it hold that [[natural selection]] in combination with random [[mutation]] 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>
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