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PRONUNCIATION OF SALTATIONISM

saltationism  [sælˈteɪʃəˌnɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SALTATIONISM

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Saltationism is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SALTATIONISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Saltation (biology)

In biology, saltation is a sudden change from one generation to the next, that is large, or very large, in comparison with the usual variation of an organism. The term is used for nongradual changes that are atypical of, or violate gradualism - involved in modern evolutionary theory.

Definition of saltationism in the English dictionary

The definition of saltationism in the dictionary is a theory about the sudden rise of new species as a result of mutations.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SALTATIONISM


Anglicanism
ˈæŋɡlɪkəˌnɪzəm
antagonism
ænˈtæɡəˌnɪzəm
creationism
kriːˈeɪʃəˌnɪzəm
exhibitionism
ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃəˌnɪzəm
expansionism
ɪkˈspænʃəˌnɪzəm
expressionism
ɪkˈsprɛʃəˌnɪzəm
hedonism
ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm
humanism
ˈhjuːməˌnɪzəm
humanitarianism
hjuːˌmænɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm
impressionism
ɪmˈprɛʃəˌnɪzəm
isolationism
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃəˌnɪzəm
mechanism
ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm
microorganism
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm
modernism
ˈmɒdəˌnɪzəm
organism
ˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm
reductionism
rɪˈdʌkʃəˌnɪzəm
Satanism
ˈseɪtəˌnɪzəm
urbanism
ˈɜːbəˌnɪzəm
vegetarianism
ˌvɛdʒɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm
Zionism
ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SALTATIONISM

salt tax
salt water
salt-free
Salta
saltando
saltant
saltarelli
saltarello
saltate
saltation
saltationist
saltato
saltatorial
saltatorious
saltatory
saltbox
saltbush
saltcat
saltcellar
saltchuck

WORDS THAT END LIKE SALTATIONISM

abolitionism
abstract expressionism
aldosteronism
anachronism
connectionism
constructionism
evolutionism
feminism
interactionism
interventionism
monism
Mormonism
obstructionism
Parkinsonism
perfectionism
Platonism
protectionism
revisionism
synchronism
trade unionism
unionism

Synonyms and antonyms of saltationism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «saltationism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SALTATIONISM

Find out the translation of saltationism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of saltationism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «saltationism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

saltationism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

saltacionismo
570 millions of speakers

English

saltationism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

saltationism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

saltationism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

saltationism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

saltacionismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

saltationism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

saltationism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Saltationism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Saltationismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

saltationism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

saltationism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Saltationism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

saltationism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

saltationism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिठाईपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saltationism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

saltationism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

saltationism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

saltationism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

saltationism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

saltationism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

saltationism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

saltationism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

saltationism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of saltationism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SALTATIONISM»

The term «saltationism» is barely ever used and occupies the 208.891 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SALTATIONISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about saltationism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SALTATIONISM»

Discover the use of saltationism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to saltationism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Genesis : The Evolution of Biology: The Evolution of Biology
Saltationism The sudden appearance of species without the aid of selection could in principle resolve several outstanding issues. It could explain the absence of intermediate forms in the fossil record. It explained evolution in the face of ...
Jan Sapp Canada Research Chair in the History of Biology Universite du Quebec a Montreal, 2003
2
The Ten Facts of Evolution
There is, however, a theory which we must give more serious consideration to – a theory I will call individualistic saltationism. According to individualistic saltationism, evolution does proceed at the genetic level by means of the relatively ...
Phillip Engle, 2007
3
An Outline of Informational Genetics
11.4. SALTATIONISM. IN. EVOLUTION. 11.4.1 REGENERATION ERRORS RESULT IN EVOLUTIVE JUMPS The wide separation of genomes in terms of their Hamming distance which results from the main hypothesis ...
Gérard Battail, 2008
4
Evolution
Saltationism. In biology, saltation (from Latin, saltus, ”leap”) is a sudden change from one generation to the next, that is large, or very large, in comparison with the usual variation of an organism. The term is used for occasionally hypothesized, ...
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Genesis: The Evolution of Biology
Saltationism The sudden appearance of species without the aid of selection could in principle resolve several outstanding issues. It could explain the absence of intermediate forms in the fossil record. It explained evolution in the face of ...
Jan Sapp, 2003
6
The Nature of Life: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives ...
Saltationism The great virtue of the idea of evolution is that it explains, in terms of blind physical forces, the existence of undisputed adaptations whose statistical improbability is enormous, without recourse to the supernatural or the mystical.
Mark A. Bedau, Carol E. Cleland, 2010
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The Simian Tongue: The Long Debate about Animal Language
Patterns of theoretical change, however, are another matter. Here is one of several crude peri- odizations that have been offered for the long run of evolutionary theory. From 1860 to 1890, saltationism was little more than a minority interest.
Gregory Radick, 2007
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Evolution According to Wikipedia: Learn everything there is ...
Saltationism. For other uses, see Saltation (disambiguation). Part ofa series on ... no great or sudden modification; it can act only by very short steps".[5] From 1860 to 1880 saltation had a minority interest but. Saltationism 113 Saltationism.
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Darwin on Trial
Gould and Eldredge have consistently described punctuated equilibrium as a Darwinist theory, not a saltationist repudiation of Darwinism . On the other hand, it is easy to see how some people got the impression that saltationism was at least  ...
Phillip E. Johnson, 2010
10
God and Evolution? Science Meets Faith
But the still-controversial idea of saltationism might help us to think in terms of not only small changes but also large leaps. Saltationism refers to wide-ranging mutations that would lead to new species fairly quickly. Currently, it is hard to ...
Dr. Gerard M. Verschuuren, 2012

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SALTATIONISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term saltationism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kwame Nkrumah, Wole Soyinka, & Kongi's Harvest (2)
... intentions as Soyinka was, even as the age-old ideological antipathy between the methods of gradualism (Mbeki) and saltationism (Gaddafi) resurfaced in the ... «GhanaWeb, Jun 15»
2
Blooming Botany (3A)
This concerned the debate over saltationism versus gradualism (Darwin had been a gradualist, but Bateson was a saltationist). Later, Ronald Fisher and J.B.S. ... «Science 2.0, Jul 11»
3
Darwinism and the Problem of Evil
Other mechanisms are either false (such as Lamarckism, the inheritance of acquired characteristics) or inadequate (such as saltationism, change by sudden ... «Huffington Post, Mar 11»
4
Did God Create Through Law or Miracle?
Running through the various evolutionary options -- Lamarckism (the inheritance of acquired characteristics), saltationism (evolution by massive jumps), and ... «Huffington Post, May 10»
5
Evolution: Revenge of the hopeful monster
... mechanisms producing great leaps of adaptation, but his use of the phrase "hopeful monsters" was misrepresented as extreme saltationism (perfection in one ... «Nature.com, Feb 10»
6
A giant in biology has evolved to 100 / He helped modernize …
They advocated alternate, non-Darwinian theories of evolution such as "saltationism," in which genetic mutations transform species in jumps, creating new ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 04»

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