Synonyms for survival of the fittest
sur·vival of the fittest

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1. survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selectionnoun

   a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

   Synonyms:
   survival, selection, pick, endurance, choice, extract, excerpt, excerption, option, natural selection

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1. Grace Paley:

   All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad, or peculiar.

2. Shu Zhang:

   It's survival of the fittest, (Haier) must transform from a traditional manufacturing enterprise into an Internet business.

3. Sam Sorbo:

   For everyone trying to defend Smith's actions as ‘understandable’ — well, that is the inevitable product of our school system teaching ‘survival of the fittest,' i.e., bullying, as the law of the land.

4. Ty Cobb:

   When I played ball, I didn't play for fun. . . . It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a contest and everything that implies, a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.

5. Andrew Carnegie:

   And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.