Definitions

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  • proper noun A surname.

Etymologies

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From a Middle English short form of David +‎ -kin.

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Examples

  • And I think we might agree that we should combat the meme whether promoted by best-selling authors who are leaders of the creationist socio-political movement or the "Dawkin" (for lack of a better term) socio-political movement.

    A View: The Science=Atheism Meme 2007

  • My friend Rob brought it up when he was ranting some Fox watching troll on the Dawkin forums this morning.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 26, 2010 2010

  • “The rebrand allows us to build on the fantastic heritage of the channel and loyalty of our fans whilst further broadening the appeal of our existing range of great content,” said Laurence Dawkin-Jones, the UK managing director Universal Networks International.

    NBC Universal’s UK Sci-Fi to Syfy Rebrand « Art & Business of Motion 2010

  • If so (contra the merely Dawkin-esque blind watchmaker like effects), it would be fodder for a forensic suspicion.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • Science asks questions; it is not G-d and should not attempt to do a Dawkin and explain all away in one catch-all theory.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • Science asks questions; it is not G-d and should not attempt to do a Dawkin and explain all away in one catch-all theory.

    [evolution] of the unprincipled and the naïve 2009

  • Tests later prove that Taylor, a cutter, slashed open her hands and used her blood to draw unexplainable patterns at the murder scene that Aimee believes have critical meaning to the horror that happened to the Dawkin family.

    Hold Back the Dark-Eileen Carr « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009

  • You have no more right to protect your God from Dawkin's science than Dawkin has to protect his science from your God.

    A quasi-religious movement 2007

  • After watching this grotesque yet mediocre movie on DVD my wife was just about ready to take to the streets and burn a few cars with a Dawkin effigy atop.

    [black is white, white is black] a golden compass will get us back 2008

  • Dawkin-olmayan Noma magisteria örtüşen, 'bilim ve din alemlerine arasında sıkı bir ikilemi çizmek için kullanılan' Stephen J. Gould 'un kavramının kritik amacı alır. anlam ve dünyaya amaç kaynaklanan süre Gould, doğal yasalar bilim alanı olduğunu, dinin bölge olduğunu savundu.

    ideonexus.com 2007 »Mart» 2007

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