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Gradualism

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.

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Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027397
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Gradualism

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related to Buddhism, Theravada, and Yoga · 12
Gradualism → Buddhism, Chinese, Debate, Eastern, Indian, It, Samye, The, Theravada, Tibetan Buddhism, Yoga, Zen
related to Geology and biology · 11
Gradualism → Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell's, Darwin, Geology, In, James Hutton, Lyell's Principles, Scottish, Tenets, The, Using
related to Critique · 9
Gradualism → African Americans, August, Dream, European Americans, Have, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr, The United States, Washington
related to Christianity · 6
Gradualism → Benedict XIV, Francis, God, In Catholic, It, Pope John Paul II
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Gradualism → hypothesis that social change can be achieved in small, microevolutionary hypothesis that refers to a species that has, model of evolution which theorizes that most speciation is slow, paraconsistent treatment of fuzziness developed by Lorenzo Peña, theory which holds that profound change is the cumulative product of slow but continuous processes
related to Politics and society · 3
Gradualism → Fabian Society, In, That
related to Conspiracy theories · 2
Gradualism → In, NWO-related
related to Philosophy · 2
Gradualism → Contradictorial, Lorenzo Peña

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change society reformism gradual evolution hypothesis theory uniformitarianism also catastrophism evolutionary one punctuated equilibrium social see politics states model way

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Gradualismis atheory which holds that profound change is the cumulative product of slow but continuous processes0.90text
Gradualismis amodel of evolution which theorizes that most speciation is slow0.90text
Gradualismis amicroevolutionary hypothesis that refers to a species that has0.90text
Gradualismis ahypothesis that social change can be achieved in small0.90text
Gradualismis aparaconsistent treatment of fuzziness developed by Lorenzo Peña0.90text
revolutions or uprisingsinstance ofdiscrete increments rather than in abrupt strokes0.80text
Gradualismrelated to Buddhism, Theravada, and YogaBuddhism0.60section
Gradualismrelated to Buddhism, Theravada, and YogaEastern0.60section
Gradualismrelated to Buddhism, Theravada, and YogaTheravada0.60section
Gradualismrelated to Buddhism, Theravada, and YogaYoga0.60section
Gradualismrelated to Buddhism, Theravada, and YogaThe0.60section
Gradualismrelated to Buddhism, Theravada, and YogaZen0.60section

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