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Gradualism — is the belief that changes occur, or ought to occur, slowly in the form of gradual steps (see also incrementalism)Politics and societyIn politics, the concept of gradualism is used to describe the belief that change ought to be modified in small … Wikipedia
gradualism — GRADUALÍSM s. n. concepţie potrivit căreia evoluţia speciilor se desfăşoară filetic, lent, continuu, prin generarea neîntreruptă de forme de tranziţie, rezultând în final specii noi. (< engl. gradualism) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa … Dicționar Român
gradualism — gradualism. См. градуализм. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
gradualism — 1832, in abolitionist literature, as a disparaging term (opposed to immediatism), from GRADUAL (Cf. gradual) + ISM (Cf. ism). Related: Gradualist … Etymology dictionary
gradualism — ☆ gradualism [gra′jo͞o əliz΄əm, gra′joo wəliz΄əm, gra′jə wəliz΄əm; ] often [gra′jooliz΄əm, gra′jəliz΄əm ] n. the principle of seeking to achieve social or political changes or goals gradually gradualist n., adj. gradualistic adj … English World dictionary
gradualism — noun Date: 1835 1. the policy of approaching a desired end by gradual stages 2. the evolution of new species by gradual accumulation of small genetic changes over long periods of time; also a theory or model of evolution emphasizing this compare… … New Collegiate Dictionary
gradualism — evolution with slow and steady rates of change as opposed to punctuated equilibrium, q.v … Dictionary of ichthyology
gradualism — gradualist, n., adj. gradualistic, adj. /graj ooh euh liz euhm/ n. 1. the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change. 2. Philos. a theory maintaining that two seemingly conflicting notions are not… … Universalium
gradualism — 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 … Wiktionary
gradualism — belief that things proceed by degrees Philosophical Isms … Phrontistery dictionary
gradualism — n. practice of gradually bringing about change … English contemporary dictionary
