| Almost to the end of the 19th century, evolutionism determined the complexion of the new science. |
| The word creationism, coined in 1868 in opposition to what was then called Darwinism or evolutionism, had fallen on hard times. |
| At the same time, in the second half of the 19th century another kind of evolutionism developed, that of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. |
| Veblen sought to apply Darwin's evolutionism to the study of modern economic life. |
| In the same year, the Englishman William Rivers discarded evolutionism in favour of diffusionist theories to explain the historical spread of customs and belief systems. |
| Because of the acceptance of evolutionism among many intellectuals, biological creationism has lost influence. |
