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Gradualism, from the Latin gradus ("step"), is a hypothesis, a theory or a tenet which holds or accepts that change comes about gradually, or that variation is gradual in nature and happens over time as opposed to in large steps. Uniformitarianism, incrementalism, and reformism are similar concepts. The term also appears as "gradualness".
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The extracted context around Gradualism shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Gradualism → Buddhism, Chinese, Debate, Eastern, Indian, Samye, Theravada, Tibetan Buddhism, Yoga, Zen Another extracted example is Gradualism → Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell's, Darwin, Geology, James Hutton, Lyell's Principles, Scottish, Tenets, Using. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 42 structured relationships around Gradualism. Examples in this analysis include Gradualism → is a → theory which holds that profound change is the cumulative product of slow but continuous processes and Gradualism → is a → model of evolution which theorizes that most speciation is slow. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gradualism | is a | theory which holds that profound change is the cumulative product of slow but continuous processes | 0.90 | text |
| Gradualism | is a | model of evolution which theorizes that most speciation is slow | 0.90 | text |
| Gradualism | is a | microevolutionary hypothesis that refers to a species that has | 0.90 | text |
| Gradualism | is a | hypothesis that social change can be achieved in small | 0.90 | text |
| Gradualism | is a | paraconsistent treatment of fuzziness developed by Lorenzo Peña | 0.90 | text |
| revolutions or uprisings | instance of | discrete increments rather than in abrupt strokes | 0.80 | text |
| Gradualism | related to Buddhism, Theravada, and Yoga | Buddhism | 0.60 | section |
| Gradualism | related to Buddhism, Theravada, and Yoga | Eastern | 0.60 | section |
| Gradualism | related to Buddhism, Theravada, and Yoga | Theravada | 0.60 | section |
| Gradualism | related to Buddhism, Theravada, and Yoga | Yoga | 0.60 | section |
| Gradualism | related to Buddhism, Theravada, and Yoga | Zen | 0.60 | section |
| Gradualism | related to Buddhism, Theravada, and Yoga | Tibetan Buddhism | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Gradualism bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Change, Society and Buddhism. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Gradualism, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Gradualism with Politics and society. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Gradualism to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Community, Politics & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Gradualism · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout