social Darwinism

English

Noun

social Darwinism (uncountable)

1. (sciences) The theory that the laws of evolution by natural selection also apply to social structures.
   • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 7:

     Night City was like a deranged experiment in social Darwinism, designed by a bored researcher who kept one thumb permanently on the fast-forward button.

Translations

theory

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 社會達爾文主義／社会达尔文主义 (se⁵ wui^6-2 daat⁶ ji⁵ man⁴ zyu² ji³)

  Mandarin: 社會達爾文主義／社会达尔文主义 (zh) (shèhuì Dá'ěrwén zhǔyì)

• Czech: sociální darwinismus m
• Dutch: sociaal darwinisme
• Finnish: sosiaalidarvinismi (fi)
• French: darwinisme social (fr) m
• Georgian: სოციალური დარვინიზმი (socialuri darvinizmi)
• German: Sozialdarwinismus (de) m
• Greek: κοινωνικός δαρβινισμός (el) (koinonikós darvinismós)
• Hebrew: דרוויניזם חברתי (darwinízm khevratí)
• Hindi: सामाजिक तत्त्वज्ञानी (sāmājik tattvajñānī)
• Hungarian: szociáldarwinizmus (hu)
• Italian: darwinismo sociale m
• Korean: 사회진화론(社會進化論) (sahoejinhwaron)
• Polish: darwinizm społeczny (pl) m, socjodarwinizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: darwinismo social m
• Russian: социа́льный дарвини́зм m (sociálʹnyj darvinízm)
• Spanish: darwinismo social m
• Swedish: socialdarwinism c
• Turkish: sosyal Darvinizm, sosyal Darvincilik