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Definition of Gradualism
1. Noun. In evolutionary biology, belief that evolution proceeds at a steady pace, without the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gradualism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gradualism
Literary usage of Gradualism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... The Neglected Period of Anti-slavery in America (1808-1831) by Alice Dana Adams (1908)
"The one word which characterizes the anti-slavery thought before 1830 1S “gradualism.”
A few apostles of immediate emancipation before Garrison made as ..."
2. Voices of Nature to Her Foster-child, the Soul of Man: A Series of Analogies by George Barrell Cheever (1852)
"Voices of the Summer, continued—The Season of Activity and Growth; of dew, light,
heat, electricity, clouds, showers—gradualism and toil in the process; ..."
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