Betekenis van:
survival of the fittest

survival of the fittest
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • het blijven leven na iets of iemand
  • a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

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Voorbeeldzinnen

  1. This is an example of the survival of the fittest, as it is called.
  2. The fittest survive. What is meant by the fittest? Not the strongest; not the cleverest— Weakness and stupidity everywhere survive. There is no way of determining fitness except in that a thing does survive. "Fitness," then, is only another name for "survival." Darwinism: That survivors survive.