SOCIAL DARWINISM


Meaning of SOCIAL DARWINISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1887

: an extension of Darwinism to social phenomena ; specifically : a sociological theory that sociocultural advance is the product of intergroup conflict and competition and the socially elite classes (as those possessing wealth and power) possess biological superiority in the struggle for existence

• social Darwinist noun or adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.