Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The belief in or the policy of advancing toward a goal by gradual, often slow stages.
- noun Biology The view that evolution proceeds by imperceptibly small, cumulative steps over long periods of time rather than by abrupt, major changes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gradual, progressive, or slow method of action.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun In evolutionary biology, belief that
evolution proceeds at a steadypace , without the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next.
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Examples
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For the catastrophists, the flood that they believe filled the tar pits with carcasses in one day gainsays the theory of evolution, which they call gradualism.
I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006
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For the catastrophists, the flood that they believe filled the tar pits with carcasses in one day gainsays the theory of evolution, which they call gradualism.
I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006
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The whole history of the subject of "gradualism" is interesting.
Darwin Wins One 2006
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I wonder how you arrived at the conclusion that gradualism is replaced by a goal-oriented approach?
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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This is the view that the fossil record in general is explained better in terms of the universal Flood, recorded in Genesis 6–8, than it is by means of the evolutionary ideology known as gradualism, the notion that the fossil record was laid down, ever so gradually, over millions of years.
I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006
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This is the view that the fossil record in general is explained better in terms of the universal Flood, recorded in Genesis 6–8, than it is by means of the evolutionary ideology known as gradualism, the notion that the fossil record was laid down, ever so gradually, over millions of years.
I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006
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In general terms, in the document the WTO congratulates Beijing on its performance, acknowledging that China's policy is one of "gradualism" motivated by the need for maintaining economic and social stability.
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Nor does it mean we have to settle for "gradualism" or accept the rules of the game as they are.
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What about "gradualism"? by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Nov 13, 2007 at 2: 53: 49 PM
OpEdNews - Quicklink: "Generational Test for Republicans"/Global Warming 2007
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Many previously said points were re-iterated, such as the central parity will remain fixed, but the mechanism will go through a change in "gradualism" widening gap is one of them. - see English re-cap here.
Archive 2005-08-01 Sun Bin 2005
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