evolutionary

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evolutionary

  • /ˌiː.vəˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/ UK
  • /ˌɛv.əˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/ UK
  • /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/ US
  • /ˌɛv.əˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/ US

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution. The evolutionary history of marine mammals includes land-dwelling ancestors.
  2. not comparable Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution. The basic elements of an evolutionary growth theory are discussed in Section II.

Similar: evolutional · Opposite: nonevolutional, non-evolutional, nonevolutionary, non-evolutionary

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Closest in meaning: evolutive, phased, rolling, flexible, dynamic, variable, transformative, transformational, developments, ever-changing, gradual, incremental, changing, trend, scalable, change

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adj of or relating to evolution

Españolevolutivo, evolucionista, evolucionario
हिन्दीक्रमविकासीय kramvikāsīya
Portuguêsevolutivo
Françaisévolutif, évolutionnaire
Deutschevolutionär
Italianoevoluzionario, evolutivo
Românăevoluțional, evoluțial, evoluționar
Русскийэволюцио́нный evoljuciónnyj
Tiếng Việttiến hóa
עבריתאבולוציוני evolutsyóni

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@misc{evolutionary_2026,
  title = {evolutionary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/evolutionary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}