adaptationism

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-ism: Used to form nouns of action, process, or result based on the accompanying verb ending in -ise or -ize. · Used to form the name of a school of thought, system, or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder (When de-capitalized, these overlap with the generic "doctrines" sense below, e.g. Liberalism vs. liberalism.)

1(evolutionary theory) The view that many traits of organisms are evolved adaptations.
2(evolutionary theory) A set of methods for distinguishing traits resulting from adaptation from those arising through other processes.
3(derogatory, evolutionary theory) The belief that all traits are adaptations brought about by natural selection, when some are only functionless by-products (also called "spandrels