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Meaning of adaptationist in English:

adaptationist

noun & adjective

Biology

See adaptationism

‘The problem with existing adaptationist hypotheses of human reproductive behavior is twofold.’
  • ‘This is an adaptationist account of evolution, and one that most evolutionists would probably accept as uncontroversial.’
  • ‘Selectionist or adaptationist thinking was proposed by two Englishmen, Darwin and Wallace, and the first converts were also therefore British.’
  • ‘This facet of human psychology has attracted the notice of numerous adaptationists.’
  • ‘Many are underpinned by evolutionary and adaptationist paradigms.’