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Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.
Ty Cobb

Meaning of "survival of the fittest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

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Survival of the fittest is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Survival of the fittest

"Survival of the fittest" is a phrase that originated in evolutionary theory as an alternative way of describing the mechanism of natural selection. It is more commonly used today in other contexts, to refer to a supposed greater probability that "fit" as opposed to "unfit" individuals will survive some test. Herbert Spencer first used the phrase – after reading Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species – in his Principles of Biology, in which he drew parallels between his own economic theories and Darwin's biological ones, writing, "This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. Darwin has called 'natural selection', or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life." Darwin first used Spencer's new phrase "survival of the fittest" alongside "natural selection" in the fifth edition of On the Origin of Species, published in 1869, intending it to mean "better designed for an immediate, local environment".

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Synonyms and antonyms of survival of the fittest in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «survival of the fittest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

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Translator English - Chinese

适者生存
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

supervivencia del más apto
570 millions of speakers

English

survival of the fittest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

योग्यतम की उत्तरजीविता
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

البقاء للأصلح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выживание наиболее приспособленных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sobrevivência do mais apto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যোগ্যতমের বেঁচে থাকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

survie du plus fort
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Survival yang paling tepat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Überleben des Stärkeren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

適者生存
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

적자 생존
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaslametané wong sing bener
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sống còn của fittest
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தக்கனபிழைத்துவாழ்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

योग्यतेचा बचाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

en güçlü olanın hayatta kalması
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sopravvivenza del più forte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przetrwanie najsilniejszych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виживання найбільш пристосованих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supraviețuirea celui mai adaptat
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

επιβίωση του ισχυρότερου
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

oorlewing van die sterkste
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

survival of the fittest
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

survival of the fittest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of survival of the fittest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word survival of the fittest.
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Andrew Carnegie
And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
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Benjamin Carson
Those of us who believe in God and derive our sense of right and wrong and ethics from God's Word really have no difficulty whatsoever defining where our ethics come from. People who believe in survival of the fittest might have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come from. A lot of evolutionists are very ethical people.
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Ty Cobb
Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.
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Melissa De Sousa
You have to have an attitude that nothing's gonna stop me. I think that's just my New York kind of attitude - survival of the fittest.
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Grace Paley
All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad or peculiar.
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Steven Pinker
There's a misconception that survival of the fittest means survival of the most aggressive. The adjective 'Darwinian' used to refer to ruthless competition; you used to read that in business journals. But that's not what Darwinian means to a biologist; it's whatever leads to reproductive success.
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Elihu Root
The law of the survival of the fittest led inevitably to the survival and predominance of the men who were effective in war and who loved it because they were effective.
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Solomon Short
Nature abhors a hero. For one thing, he violates the law of conservation of energy. For another, how can it be the survival of the fittest when the fittest keeps putting himself in situations where he is most likely to be creamed?
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Nikola Tesla
The year 2100 will see eugenics universally established. In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less desirable strains. Then man's new sense of pity began to interfere with the ruthless workings of nature. As a result, we continue to keep alive and to breed the unfit.
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Lily Tomlin
Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST»

Discover the use of survival of the fittest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to survival of the fittest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Survival of the Fittest
The author, an explorer and hospital physician, sets out the genetics, diet and exercise that enable humans to perform at their peak.
Mike Stroud, 2004
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Survival of the fittest: how the future of union ...
This book, which details the challenges and rewards facing the construction industry in todays world, seeks commitments from construction workers to Union Construction.
Mark Breslin, 2005
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Survival of the Fittest
A survivor of a plane crash in a Peruvian rain forest, Rus Cooper must lay aside the pain of the death of his alcoholic mother in order to help his cousins build a raft, escape piranha attacks, and find their way out alive.
Edward Myers, 2008
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Survival of the Savvy: High-Integrity Political Tactics for ...
Two of the most successful corporate consultants and coaches in the U.S., Rick Brandon and Marty Seldman, offer proven methods to eliminate unethical behavior at work and use the power of "high-integrity" politics to achieve corporate and ...
Rick Brandon, Marty Seldman, 2004
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Survival of the Fittest
Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti reunite with super-hot artist Khari Evans (Daughters of the Dragon) to bring you the story of modern-day pirates shipwrecked on the Marvel Universe's deadliest island, where only Shanna can protect them from ...
Jimmy Palmiotti, 2008
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Survival of the Fittest: The Last Hope for the Human Race
The Last Hope for the Human Race Michael Taylor. The UNWCAI, United Nations World Council on Alien Intelligence, an organization created over fifty years ago, was responsible for the birth of the IDCC. The UNWCAI was comprised of ...
Michael Taylor, 2011
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Survival of the Fittest
Jeff Mariotte, Constance M. Burge. would conclusively agree that extraterrestrial visitors existed. Which led to one possible theory of Dr. Haywood's death. He had , according to Paige, trumpeted the existence of UFOs for years. If he was on the  ...
Jeff Mariotte, Constance M. Burge, 2004
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Herbert Spencer: Critical Assessments
Spencer had made the same assumption in 1852 and had decided to call the result of that struggle the survival of the fittest. Consequently when Spencer's phrase came to Darwin's attention, it seemed to him to describe more directly the result ...
John Offer, 2000
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin:
Herbert Spencer first used the expression 'survival of the fittest' in the October 1864 instalment of Principles of biology (Spencer 1864-7, I: 444-5): "This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms, is that ...
Charles Darwin, Duncan M. Porter, Frederick Burkhardt, 2004
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Darwinian Dynamics: Evolutionary Transitions in Fitness and ...
The "Tautology Problem" Darwin did not use the phrase "survival of the fittest" in the first edition of the Origin of Species published in 1859. However, in 1866 at the encouragement of Wallace, Darwin embraced Spencer's now notorious phrase ...
Richard E. Michod, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term survival of the fittest is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ark: Survival Evolved gets a "Survival of the Fittest" tournament mode
Ark's new Survival of the Fittest mode is a to-the-death tournament in which combatants enter the field in a circular formation surrounding a cache of valuable ... «PC Gamer, Jul 15»
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Gym wars: Survival of the fittest
Gym wars: Survival of the fittest. 23 June 2015 Last updated at 00:00 BST. With household budgets squeezed, the health and fitness club sector has enjoyed ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
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Young researchers are missing out in science's survival of the fittest
Young researchers are particularly vulnerable in times of resource scarcity and can easily get lost in the wild or picked off by predators, in science's survival of ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
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Mobb Deep “Survival of the Fittest EP” Release Date, Cover Art …
The original version of “Survival of the Fittest” was featured on the Queens, New York rap duo's seminal 1995 album, The Infamous. The Survival of the Fittest EP ... «HipHopDX, May 15»
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Mobb Deep - Survival Of The Fittest (ESPN Remix) [New Song]
A few days back, we reported that Mobb Deep would be remixing their 1995 cut "Survival Of The Fittest" to serve as the intro to ESPN's "NBA Countdown" during ... «HotNewHipHop, May 15»
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Mobb Deep Is Releasing a “Survival Of The Fittest” Remix for the …
Mobb Deep's classic Survival Of The Fittest came out 20 years ago but a new version of the song will be ringing out during the Western Conference Finals of the ... «XXLMAG.COM, May 15»
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Exclusive: Mobb Deep And ESPN Will Remix This Classic Track For …
And the NBA playoffs are all about survival of the fittest, so it's only right that Havoc and Prodigy have teamed up with ESPN to remix their 1995 The Infamous ... «MTV.com, May 15»
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Mobb Deep Recalls Havoc Almost Trashing 'Survival Of The Fittest'
That same ambivalence almost led to the deletion of the track that eventually became “Survival Of The Fittest,” but Prodigy convinced his partner to let the rest of ... «The Urban Daily, Apr 15»
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State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition Impressions: Survival of
State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition Impressions: Survival of the Fittest. 22 ... on the Year-One Survival Edition as well as an exclusive survivor to fight as. «Shacknews, Apr 15»
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Why slimy cheats don't win
Darwin's evolutionary theory predicts survival of the fittest. So why do different survival tactics co-exist, if evolution should always favour the winning strategy? «Phys.Org, Mar 15»

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