2013年1月12日土曜日

Darwinists

dar;win;ism pronunciation: function: noun date: 1864 1 : a theory of the origin and perpetuation of new species of animals and plants that offspring of a given organism vary, that natural selection favors the survival of some of these variations over others, that new species have arisen and may continue to arise by these processes, and that widely divergent groups of plants and animals have arisen from the same ancestors — compare evolution 4, neo-darwinism2 : a theory that inherent dynamic forces allow only the fittest persons or organizations to prosper in a competitive environment or situation lt;economic darwinismgt; — compare social darwinism— dar;win;ist noun or adjective

2013年1月2日水曜日

Angry man

angry young manfunction: noun date: 1941 1 : an outspoken critic of or protester against an economic condition or social injustice2 : one of a group of mid-20th century british authors whose works express the bitterness of the lower classes toward the established sociopolitical system and toward the mediocrity and hypocrisy of the middle and upper classes