2. Adjective. (biology) The most able to survive and reproduce in a given environment. ¹
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Definition of Fittest
1. fit [adj] - See also: fit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fittest
Literary usage of Fittest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Saints' Everlasting Rest: Or, A Treatise on the Blessed State of the by Richard Baxter (1872)
"THE NATURE OP HEAVENLY CONTEMPLATION; WITH THE TIME, PLACE, AND TEMPER fittest
FOR IT. B«cr. I. The duty of heavenly contemplation is recommenced to the ..."
2. Darwinism and Politics by David George Ritchie (1889)
"The phrase " survival of the fittest " is very apt to mislead, for it suggests
the fittest or best in every sense or in the highest sense, whereas it only ..."
3. Economics: An Introduction for the General Reader by Henry Clay (1918)
"Ill The Assumption that Competition leads to the Survival of the fittest How far
can the second assumption be granted? How far is competition in industry a ..."
4. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1909)
"CHAPTER IV NATURAL SELECTION; OR THE SURVIVAL OF THE fittest Natural Selection—its
power compared with man's selection—its power on characters of trifling ..."
5. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1861)
"For then we are fittest to relish his goodness alone, and not to be drawn away
with the carnal sweetness that is in the thing. The one you have expressed, ..."
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