As a noun functionalism
is (architecture) a doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
As an adjective evolutionary is
of or relating to evolution.
functionalism
English
Noun
(-)
(architecture) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction
(philosophy) The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects
(social science) The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society
(psychology) A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment
evolutionary
English
Adjective
(
head)
Of or relating to evolution.
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, title=The Smallest Cell
, volume=101, issue=2, page=83
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citation
, passage=It is likely that the long
evolutionary' trajectory of ''Mycoplasma'' went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This ' evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.}}
- The evolutionary history of marine mammals includes land-dwelling ancestors.
Derived terms
* antievolutionary, anti-evolutionary
* coevolutionary, co-evolutionary
* evolutionarily
* evolutionary adaptation
* evolutionary adaptedness
* evolutionary advance
* evolutionary analysis
* evolutionary algorithm
* evolutionary altruism
* evolutionary ancestor
* evolutionary ancestry
* evolutionary anthropologist
* evolutionary anthropology
* evolutionary arms race
* evolutionary basis
* evolutionary behavior, evolutionary behaviour
* evolutionary biologist
* evolutionary biology
* evolutionary biology topic
* evolutionary cause
* evolutionary center, evolutionary centre
* evolutionary change
* evolutionary Christ
* evolutionary Christian
* evolutionary Christianity
* evolutionary convergence
* evolutionary descent
* evolutionary concept
* evolutionary conception
* evolutionary computation
* evolutionary development
* evolutionary developmental biologist
* evolutionary developmental biology
* evolutionary divergence
* evolutionary diversification
* evolutionary diversity
* evolutionary dynamics
* evolutionary dynamism
* evolutionary ecologist
* evolutionary ecology
* evolutionary embryologist
* evolutionary embryology
* evolutionary ethicist
* evolutionary ethics
* evolutionary ethologist
* evolutionary ethology
* evolutionary event
* evolutionary evangel
* evolutionary evangelism
* evolutionary evangelist
* evolutionary fitness
* evolutionary force
* evolutionary foundation
* evolutionary future
* evolutionary game
* evolutionary game theory
* evolutionary geneticist
* evolutionary genetics
* evolutionary gospel
* evolutionary historian
* evolutionary history
* evolutionary history of life
* evolutionary hypothesis
* evolutionary idea
* evolutionary ideologue
* evolutionary ideology
* evolutionary impact
* evolutionary innovation
* evolutionary level
* evolutionary machine
* evolutionary machinery
* evolutionary mechanism
* evolutionary metaphor
* evolutionary method
* evolutionary methodology
* evolutionary morphologist
* evolutionary morphology
* evolutionary naturalism
* evolutionary naturalist
* evolutionary natural selection
* evolutionary neuroscience
* evolutionary neuroscientist
* evolutionary novelty
* evolutionary origin
* evolutionary palaeontologist, evolutionary paleontologist
* evolutionary palaeontology, evolutionary paleontology
* evolutionary past
* evolutionary pattern
* evolutionary Pentecostal
* evolutionary Pentecostalism
* evolutionary philospher
* evolutionary philosophy
* evolutionary phylogeny
* evolutionary physiologist
* evolutionary physiology
* evolutionary plasticity
* evolutionary point
* evolutionary point of view
* evolutionary present
* evolutionary pressure
* evolutionary principle
* evolutionary process
* evolutionary Protestant
* evolutionary Protestantism
* evolutionary psychologist
* evolutionary psychology
* evolutionary radiation
* evolutionary reconstruction
* evolutionary relation
* evolutionary relationship
* evolutionary relative
* evolutionary research
* evolutionary researcher
* evolutionary science
* evolutionary scientist
* evolutionary selection
* evolutionary selection pressure
* evolutionary social psychologist
* evolutionary social psychology
* evolutionary speciation
* evolutionary species
* evolutionary species concept
* evolutionary stable equilibrium
* evolutionary stable strategy
* evolutionary stage
* evolutionary stasis
* evolutionary status
* evolutionary structure
* evolutionary success
* evolutionary synthesis
* evolutionary theoretician
* evolutionary theorist
* evolutionary theory
* evolutionary thinker
* evolutionary thinking
* evolutionary thought
* evolutionary time
* evolutionary timeline
* evolutionary tree
* evolutionary tree diagram
* evolutionary view
* evolutionary viewpoint
* evolutionary world
* evolutionary worldview
* macroevolutionary, macro-evolutionary
* microevolutionary, micro-evolutionary
* nonevolutionary, non-evolutionary
* postevolutionary, post-evolutionary
* preevolutionary, pre-evolutionary
* proevolutionary, pro-evolutionary
* protoevolutionary, proto-evolutionary
* pseudoevolutionary, pseudo-evolutionary
