Evolutionism refers to doctrines of evolution, specifically to a widely held 19th century belief that organisms are intrinsically bound to improve themselves, and that changes are progressive and arise through inheritance of acquired characters, as in Lamarckism. The belief was extended to include cultural evolution and social evolution. The term's sometimes also used to refer to acceptance of the modern evolutionary synthesis, a scientific theory that describes the causes of biological evolutio… (More on Evolutionism)