# Darwinian vs Darwinism

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Darwinian
*adjective · IPA /dɑːˈwɪ.ni.ən/ · frequency rank #42,081*
Senses relating to Charles and Erasmus Darwin.

### Darwinism
*noun · IPA /ˈdɑːwɪnɪz(ə)m/ · frequency rank #40,201*
Charles Darwin's theory regarding the evolution of living organisms through natural selection (set out chiefly in his works On the Origin of Species, 1859; and The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871); also, belief in this theory.

## Source
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