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evolutionary psychology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: evolutionary theory

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

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  • Armenian: էվոլյուցիոն հոգեբանություն (ēvolyucʻion hogebanutʻyun) — approach to psychology
  • Czech: evoluční psychologie — approach to psychology
  • Estonian: evolutsioonipsühholoogia — approach to psychology
  • Finnish: evoluutiopsykologia — approach to psychology
  • French: psychologie évolutionniste — approach to psychology
  • Georgian: ევოლუციური ფსიქოლოგია (evoluciuri psikologia) — approach to psychology
  • Hungarian: evolúciós pszichológia — approach to psychology
  • Italian: psicologia evoluzionista — approach to psychology
  • Polish: psychologia ewolucyjna — approach to psychology
  • Portuguese: psicologia evolutiva — approach to psychology
  • Portuguese: psicologia evolucionária — approach to psychology
  • Russian: эволюционная психология (evoljucionnaja psixologija) — approach to psychology
  • Spanish: psicología evolucionista — approach to psychology