survival of the fittest

Meaning

Natural selection.

Translations

Überleben der Bestangepassten

natürliche Selektion

Überleben der Anpassungsfähigsten

Überleben der Stärksten

φυσική επιλογή

Zuchtwahl

survie du plus apte

Etymology

Coined by philosopher Herbert Spencer in 1864 after reading Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, and used by Darwin himself in subsequent editions of that work.

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