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Scientific concept
Evolutionary mismatch (also known as "mismatch theory" or "evolutionary trap") is an evolutionary biology concept that asserts that a previously advantageous
Evolutionary_mismatch
Discipline of psychiatry based on evolutionary biology
eating disorders, and others. Key explanatory concepts are of evolutionary mismatch (when modern environments cause mental health conditions) and the
Evolutionary_psychiatry
Drug use vs. human evolutionary fitness
hypothesis suggest that the paradox of drug reward is due to this evolutionary mismatch, that extant access to psychoactive drug concentrations and products
Evolutionary models of human drug use
Evolutionary_models_of_human_drug_use
Branch of psychology
Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach in psychology that examines cognition and behavior from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks
Evolutionary_psychology
Gambling done through the internet
deposit loss limits on BetFair Australia. Behavioral modernity Evolutionary mismatch Gaming control board List of mergers and acquisitions in online
Online_gambling
Bellwether legal case
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K.G.M._v._Meta_et_al.
Evolutionary adaptation that leads to extinction
Growth Black robin Ecological traps Evolutionary mismatch Maladaptation Parvinen, Kalle (1 December 2005). "Evolutionary suicide". Acta Biotheoretica. 53
Evolutionary_suicide
Attributes of living species that arose due to coevolution with other now-extinct species
Mediterranean region. Coevolution Coextinction Evolutionary arms race Evolutionary mismatch Evolutionary trap Exaptation Holocene extinction Keystone species
Evolutionary_anachronism
Neurodevelopmental disorder
"Distractibility and impulsivity in ADHD as an evolutionary mismatch of high trait curiosity". Evolutionary Psychological Science. 10 (3): 282–297. doi:10
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder
Change in the heritable traits of populations
of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes such as genetic drift and natural selection act on genetic
Evolution
Trait that is characterized by being more harmful than helpful
perception. Science portal Black robin Ecological traps Evolutionary mismatch Maladaptive coping Evolutionary suicide Fisherian runaway Look up maladaptation
Maladaptation
Proposed medical diagnosis related to overuse of social media
the new individualized way of life in some modern societies. The "Evolutionary Mismatch" hypothesis holds that modern digital platforms amplify social competition
Problematic_social_media_use
Clinical application of psychiatry to treat nutritional issues
development of mental health disorders. Logan and Jacka tell us about an "evolutionary mismatch," stating that diets nowadays have more sodium, saturated fats,
Nutritional_psychiatry
Feeling of worry about lost opportunities
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Fear_of_missing_out
Eating disorder
ongoing media coverage of eating disorders. Body image Eating recovery Evolutionary psychiatry Idée fixe Inedia List of people with anorexia nervosa List
Anorexia_nervosa
American evolutionary psychologist
Newark and New Brunswick. Durante's work combines insights from evolutionary mismatch theory to better understand and promote emotional wellness and stress
Kristina_Durante
Proposed addiction model
diagnosable condition of DSM-IV. Addiction Behavioral modernity Evolutionary mismatch Social aspects of television Television consumption TV Turnoff Week
Television_addiction
Cognitive disorder with an excessive, irrational dread of everyday situations
genuine danger. This framework has been extended to modern settings, where mismatch between ancestral and contemporary threat profiles may contribute to chronic
Anxiety_disorder
Cases in which an evolved, and presumably adaptive, trait has suddenly become maladaptive
adapted and successful) trait has become obsolete or maladaptive (evolutionary mismatch) due to changing biophysical or social environments but evolved
Evolutionary_trap
Proposed compulsive sexual disorder
outlets—may produce an "evolutionary mismatch" in which evolved predispositions collide with unprecedented access to sexual stimuli. This mismatch can intensify
Sexual_addiction
Personality disorder
Vulnerable cases of NPD also appear to show increased oxidative stress. Evolutionary models of NPD have also been proposed. According to psychologist Marco
Narcissistic personality disorder
Narcissistic_personality_disorder
Behavioral addiction
patients problems in a standard uniform way. Behavioral modernity Evolutionary mismatch Internet pornography Pornography addiction Stein, Dan J.; Hollander
Internet_sex_addiction
Systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment
on optimization and rationality Prospect theory Evolutionary psychology — Remnants from evolutionary adaptive mental functions. Mental accounting Adaptive
Cognitive_bias
Condition involving social and behavioral differences
growth and survival, are also under investigation. Some hypotheses in evolutionary psychiatry suggest that autism-associated genes may persist because of
Autism
Dutch evolutionary psychologist (born 1967)
evolutionary psychology of social dilemmas. On conservation and sustainability through the lens of evolutionary psychology and evolutionary mismatch.
Mark_van_Vugt
Process of not using digital devices
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Digital_detox
Australian legislation
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Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024
Online_Safety_Amendment_(Social_Media_Minimum_Age)_Act_2024
Bullying in electronic communications
mental health Digital safety Dogpiling Empathy in online communities Evolutionary mismatch Gamergate Gossip Griefer Instagram's impact on people International
Cyberbullying
Mood disorder
who lived alone were found to have a 42% greater risk of depression. Evolutionary explanations propose that low mood may sometimes represent an adaptive
Major_depressive_disorder
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Smartphones and pedestrian safety
Smartphones_and_pedestrian_safety
Psychological phenomenon
stimulation that differs from ancestral conditions, a phenomenon known as evolutionary mismatch. Researchers have proposed that mechanisms such as hyper-vigilance
Bedtime_procrastination
Etiology of psychopathology
"Distractibility and impulsivity in ADHD as an evolutionary mismatch of high trait curiosity". Evolutionary Psychological Science. 10 (3): 282–297. doi:10
Causes_of_mental_disorders
WEIRD societies), psychiatrist Randolph M. Nesse has argued that evolutionary mismatch is an important factor in the development of certain mental disorders
Criticism_of_Facebook
Legendary aquatic creature with an upper body in human female form
do not fit current evolutionary understanding are thermoregulation (adaptations for regulating body heat); evolutionary mismatch; reproductive challenges;
Mermaid
Internal document leak
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2021_Facebook_leak
Evolutionary approaches to depression are attempts by evolutionary psychologists and evolutionary psychiatrists to use the theory of evolution to further
Evolutionary approaches to depression
Evolutionary_approaches_to_depression
Addiction to playing video games
portal Behavioral modernity Digital media use and mental health Evolutionary mismatch Internet addiction disorder Problem gambling Kim, Hee Sun; Son,
Video_game_addiction
Influencing peers to conform
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Peer_pressure
Strong enthusiasm for technology
Cyberpathology Digital detox Digital zombie Evolution of cognition Evolutionary mismatch Fear of missing out Mobile phones and driving safety Promotion of
Technophilia
Disorder of depression and mood episodes
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Bipolar_disorder
Anxiety disorder associated with social situations
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Social_anxiety_disorder
Application of modern evolutionary theory to understanding health and disease
Evolutionary medicine or Darwinian medicine is the application of modern evolutionary theory to understanding health and disease. Modern biomedical research
Evolutionary_medicine
Dangerous use of cell phones
Telecommunication portal Law portal Behavioral modernity Distracted driving Evolutionary mismatch Mobile phones and driving safety Passenger problem Death by GPS
Texting_while_driving
Spending money to access savings
Cyberpathology Digital detox Digital zombie Evolution of cognition Evolutionary mismatch Fear of missing out Mobile phones and driving safety Promotion of
Spaving
Practice of watching television for a long time span in one sitting or session
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Binge-watching
Human evolutionary phenomenon
the rise in new pathologies and disease; this is also known as evolutionary mismatch. The main contributing factor to the recent increase in malocclusion
Human_jaw_shrinkage
Excessive internet usage that causes psychological disorders
Digital addict Digital detox Digital media use and mental health Evolutionary mismatch Instagram's impact on people List of repetitive strain injury software
Internet_addiction_disorder
Fear of not having a mobile phone
Cyberpathology Digital detox Digital zombie Evolution of cognition Evolutionary mismatch Fear of missing out Mobile phones and driving safety Promotion of
Nomophobia
Mental disorder
drugs, potential autoimmune processes in some children, and possibly evolutionary factors influencing compulsive behaviors. Diagnosis is based on clinical
Obsessive–compulsive_disorder
Mental illness characterized by abnormal eating habits
years afterwards. Evolutionary psychiatry as an emerging scientific discipline has been studying mental disorders from an evolutionary perspective. If eating
Eating_disorder
Hypothesized effect of blood lead levels on criminal behavior
pollution Euthenics Biosocial criminology Environmental toxicology Evolutionary mismatch Lead abatement Lead poisoning Organolead chemistry Pollution control
Lead–crime_hypothesis
Branch of medicine devoted to mental disorders
working with related fields, such as neuroscience, behavioural genetics, evolutionary biology, and psychopharmacology. The result is a growing practice of
Clinical_psychology
Designing systems to suit their users
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Ergonomics
Disorder causing trouble with sleeping
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Insomnia
Deliberate infestation with parasitic worms
entire class of organisms from the human inner ecology is a profound evolutionary mismatch that destabilizes the immune system, resulting in disease: the microbiome
Helminthic_therapy
Type of evolutionary extinction vortex
Extinction vortex Genetic load Genetic erosion Muller's ratchet Evolutionary mismatch Coron, Camille; Méléard, Sylvie; Porcher, Emmanuelle; Robert, Alexandre
Mutational_meltdown
Time spent on any device with a screen
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Screen_time
Study of social effects on people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Cyberpathology Digital detox Digital zombie Evolution of cognition Evolutionary mismatch Fear of missing out Mobile phones and driving safety Promotion of
Social_psychology
Scientific study of mental disorders
carried evolutionarily adaptive functions historically, or because of evolutionary mismatch with modern environments. The study of psychopathology is interdisciplinary
Psychopathology
Aesthetic perception of one's own body
shoulder-to-hip ratios, body esteem and self-efficacy". Journal of Evolutionary Psychology. 10 (2): 61–67. doi:10.1556/JEP.10.2012.2.2. ISSN 1789-2082
Body_image
Controversy in psychology
caused by a mismatch between ancestral and modern environments is one of the most famous cases of a byproduct explanation in evolutionary psychology.
Criticism of evolutionary psychology
Criticism_of_evolutionary_psychology
Promotion of anorexia
Cyberpathology Digital detox Digital zombie Evolution of cognition Evolutionary mismatch Fear of missing out Mobile phones and driving safety Promotion of
Pro-ana
Causes of cognitive abilities in animals
Theory of mind in animals g factor in non-humans Dukas, Reuven (2004). "Evolutionary Biology of Animal Cognition". Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and
Evolution_of_cognition
Set of theoretical concepts concerning evolutionary biology
The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES) consists of a set of theoretical concepts argued to be more comprehensive than the earlier modern synthesis of
Extended evolutionary synthesis
Extended_evolutionary_synthesis
Artificial intelligence VTuber
Satoshi (2026). "Why evolutionary mismatches are ubiquitous while evolutionary matches are rare when humans use technology". Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
Neuro-sama
Cell phone use during driving and its safety
Washington West Virginia Telephones portal Behavioral modernity Evolutionary mismatch Passenger problem Texting while driving Death by GPS List of selfie-related
Mobile phones and driving safety
Mobile_phones_and_driving_safety
Psychological dependence on smartphones
connecting devices Digital media use and mental health Doomscrolling Evolutionary mismatch Instagram's impact on people Internet addiction disorder Mobile
Problematic_smartphone_use
Mental health effects of using digital media
founding Autism Network International. Computer-induced medical problems Evolutionary psychiatry Instagram Screen time Social aspects of television Statistics
Digital media use and mental health
Digital_media_use_and_mental_health
Subdiscipline of psychology
Cyberpathology Digital detox Digital zombie Evolution of cognition Evolutionary mismatch Fear of missing out Mobile phones and driving safety Promotion of
Cognitive_psychology
Driving while engaging in other activities
increased workload. Automotive navigation system Behavioral modernity Evolutionary mismatch Mobile phones and driving safety Mobile phone use: a growing problem
Distracted_driving
Matching opinions and behaviors to group norms
"Conformity: Definitions, Types, and Evolutionary Grounding". Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Psychology. Evolutionary Psychology. pp. 189–202. doi:10
Conformity
Excessive or compulsive use of computers
Behavioral modernity Computer rage Digital media use and mental health Evolutionary mismatch Underearners Anonymous Video game addiction Serenko, A.; Turel,
Computer_addiction
Cognitive bias of wrongly viewing yourself as unique
Cyberpathology Digital detox Digital zombie Evolution of cognition Evolutionary mismatch Fear of missing out Mobile phones and driving safety Promotion of
False-uniqueness_effect
Nonspecific long-lasting anxiety
from the frontier of evolutionary psychiatry. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-198491-9. Del Giudice M (2018). Evolutionary psychopathology: a unified
Generalized_anxiety_disorder
Major part of media consumption in Western culture
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Television_consumption
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Criticism_of_Netflix
Stress caused by technology
Cyberpathology Digital detox Digital zombie Evolution of cognition Evolutionary mismatch Fear of missing out Mobile phones and driving safety Promotion of
Technostress
Political science and mass communication theory
Cyberpathology Digital detox Digital zombie Evolution of cognition Evolutionary mismatch Fear of missing out Mobile phones and driving safety Promotion of
Spiral_of_silence
Cardiorespiratory condition
In the respiratory system, ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) mismatch refers to the pathological discrepancy between ventilation (V) and perfusion (Q) resulting
Ventilation–perfusion mismatch
Ventilation–perfusion_mismatch
Cyberpathology Digital detox Digital zombie Evolution of cognition Evolutionary mismatch Fear of missing out Mobile phones and driving safety Promotion of
Social_media_and_suicide
Analysis of leadership from an evolutionary perspective
In evolutionary leadership theory such correction mechanisms are called "strategies to overcome the powerful" (STOPs).[citation needed] The mismatch hypothesis
Evolutionary leadership theory
Evolutionary_leadership_theory
the evolutionary origins of social instincts in humans. Modern evolutionary psychology, however, is possible only because of advances in evolutionary theory
Theoretical foundations of evolutionary psychology
Theoretical_foundations_of_evolutionary_psychology
Designing to suit cognitive abilities
Baxter, Gordon; Besnard, Denis; Riley, Dominic (July 2007). "Cognitive mismatches in the cockpit: Will they ever be a thing of the past?". Applied Ergonomics
Cognitive_ergonomics
Compulsion to engage in a non-substance related behavior
Giuseppe Pierpaolo; Carpenter, Tom; Jaeggi, Adrian V. (1 April 2024). "Evolutionary perspectives on substance and behavioural addictions: Distinct and shared
Behavioral_addiction
Overview of the electronic medium's effects on large groups of consumers
co-authors, social psychologist David Buss has also argued that the evolutionary mismatch from constant exposure to images of physically attractive women
Social_aspects_of_television
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Psychological effects of Internet use
Psychological_effects_of_Internet_use
Behavioral theory
Costly signaling theory in evolutionary psychology refers to uses of costly signaling theory and adaptationism in explanations for psychological traits
Costly signaling theory in evolutionary psychology
Costly_signaling_theory_in_evolutionary_psychology
Compatibility of characteristics
relation of group-specific workplace experiences with job outcomes. Evolutionary mismatch Industrial and organizational psychology Job satisfaction Occupational
Person–environment_fit
Health effects of excessive computer use
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Cyberpathology
Altered perception of one's body image
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Body_image_disturbance
Field of research
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Cyberpsychology
For evolutionary theory, postpartum depression is of interest due to its relatively high rates and seemingly universal expression, which may provide evidence
Evolutionary approaches to postpartum depression
Evolutionary_approaches_to_postpartum_depression
major radiation events that mark diversification and speciation in the evolutionary history of Cetacea. The first occurred around the middle Eocene (40 Mya)
Evolution_of_cetaceans
Phenomenon in which species sometimes prefer low-quality habitat
and oviposit upon these surfaces than on available water bodies. Evolutionary mismatch Perceptual trap Source–sink dynamics Artificialization Weldon, A
Ecological_trap
Method for aligning biological sequences
match, mismatch, or be matched to a gap (a deletion or insertion (indel)): Match: The two letters at the current index are the same. Mismatch: The two
Needleman–Wunsch_algorithm
Family of aquatic flightless birds
Ornithologists' Union recognizes six genera and eighteen species: Although the evolutionary and biogeographic history of Sphenisciformes is well-researched, many
Penguin
Phylum of invertebrates with jointed exoskeletons
from nonexistent to the prolonged care provided by social insects. The evolutionary ancestry of arthropods dates back to the Cambrian period. The group is
Arthropod
The history of evolutionary psychology began with Charles Darwin, who argued that all the most human of human capacities—the human intellect, rationality
History of evolutionary psychology
History_of_evolutionary_psychology
Journalistic adage on questions in headlines
human factors Cognitive psychology Externality Evolutionary psychology Behavioral modernity Cognition Mismatch Media psychology Media studies Social psychology
Betteridge's_law_of_headlines
Transition of human species to anthropologically modern behavior
foundations that have been documented experimentally and ethnographically by evolutionary and cultural anthropologists. These human universal patterns include
Behavioral_modernity
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old English clǣg ‘clay’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of clay soil or as a metonymic occupational name for a worker in a clay pit (see Clayman).Americanized spelling of German Klee.The relatively common English name Clay had several American forebears in the 18th century. Henry Clay, born in Hanover, VA, in 1777, secretary of state for President John Quincy Adams, was descended from English ancestors who came to VA shortly after the founding of Jamestown. The revolutionary war officer Joseph Clay, also a member of the Continental Congress, was a native of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to GA in 1760 and was a founder of the University of Georgia.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the places so called, in southwestern Lancashire (now Merseyside), Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, and Devon, all of which are named from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘dwelling’. The surname is most common in Lancashire, and so it seems likely that the first of these places is the most frequent source. It is also present in Ireland, being recorded there first in the 15th century.John Prescott of Standish, Lancaster, England, arrived in New England in 1640 and in 1643 was one of the first settlers of Lancaster, MA. His descendants include several prominent Americans of the revolutionary war, including Samuel Prescott, born in Concord, MA, in 1751, whose fame lies in completing the midnight ride of warning in 1775 after Paul Revere was captured.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a deliberate alteration of Leatherhead, a habitational name from Leatherhead in Surrey, which is named from Celtic lēd ‘gray’ + rïd ‘ford’, or alternatively a habitational name from Lythwood in Shropshire, which is named from Old English hlið ‘slope’ + wudu ‘wood’.Zachariah Leatherwood, son of John Leatherwood, was born in Prince William Co., VA, about 1735. After the revolutionary war, he settled in Spartanburg Co., SC, with his second wife, Jane Calvert, and many of his fourteen children.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places, in Hertfordshire and Surrey, called Puttenham, from the genitive case of the Old English byname Putta, meaning ‘kite’ (the bird) + Old English hÄm ‘homestead’.John Putnam emigrated from England to Salem, MA, before 1641, and established a family that was still prominent in Massachusetts four generations later, including the revolutionary war soldier Israel Putnam (1718–90) and his cousin Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), also a soldier, one of the first settlers in OH.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a copse or thicket, Middle English s(c)hage, s(c)hawe (Old English sceaga), or a habitational name from any of the numerous minor places named with this word. The English surname was also established in Ireland in the 17th century.Scottish and Irish : adopted as an English form of any of various Gaelic surnames derived from the personal name Sitheach ‘wolf’.Americanized form of some like-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish surname.Chinese : variant of Shao.Early American merchants and revolutionary patriots were Nathaniel Shaw (b. 1735 in New London, CT) and Samuel Shaw (b. 1754 in Boston).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic or metronymic from Eade.The inventor Thomas Alva Edison, born in 1847 in Milan, OH, came from a Canadian family first established in North America by John Edison, a loyalist during the American Revolution, who served under the British General Richard Howe and went into exile in Nova Scotia after the Revolutionary War.
Surname or Lastname
English (also well established in South Wales)
English (also well established in South Wales) : topographic name for someone who lived in a nook or hollow, from Old English and Middle English hale, dative of h(e)alh ‘nook’, ‘hollow’. In northern England the word often has a specialized meaning, denoting a piece of flat alluvial land by the side of a river, typically one deposited in a bend. In southeastern England it often referred to a patch of dry land in a fen. In some cases the surname may be a habitational name from any of the several places in England named with this fossilized inflected form, which would originally have been preceded by a preposition, e.g. in the hale or at the hale.English : from a Middle English personal name derived from either of two Old English bynames, Hæle ‘hero’ or Hægel, which is probably akin to Germanic Hagano ‘hawthorn’ (see Hain 2).Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Céile (see McHale).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Halle.Robert Hale, who settled in Cambridge, MA, in 1632, was an ancestor of the revolutionary war patriot and spy Nathan Hale (1755–76) of CT. The common English surname was brought independently in the 17th century to VA and MD.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Read 1.An early American bearer of the common British name was George Reed who emigrated from England in 1635 with his son, William, and settled in Woburn, MA, several years later. His grandson James (1722–1807), a revolutionary war soldier who distinguished himself at the battle of Bunker Hill, moved to Fitzwilliam, NH, and was one of the original NH proprietors.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse personal name Þorgils, composed of the name of the Norse god of thunder, Þorr + gils ‘hostage’, ‘pledge’. However, the inorganic initial s- is not easily explained; it may be the result of Old French influence.Edward Sturgis of England settled in Charlestown in 1634 and moved to Yarmouth, MA, in 1638. His descendants included a revolutionary war soldier and Cape Cod shipmaster, and a Massachusetts legislator.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hain 1–3.Isaac Hayne (1745–81) was an American revolutionary militia officer, executed by the British for breaking parole. He owned an ironworks and was manufacturing ammunition for the American forces when he was caught. His grandfather had emigrated from England to SC in about 1700.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Couregeous; Revolutionary; Drifting about; Revolution
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for the servant of a parish priest or parson, or a patronymic denoting the child of a parson, from the possessive case of Middle English persone, parsoun (see Parson).English : many early examples are found with prepositions (e.g. Ralph del Persones 1323); these are habitational names, with the omission of house, hence in effect occupational names for servants employed at the parson’s house.Irish : usually of English origin (see above), but sometimes a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Phearsain, which is of Highland Scottish origin (see McPherson).Members of an Irish family called Parsons wre twice created earl of Rosse, first in 1718 and again in 1806. They settled in Ireland c.1590, when two brothers, William and Laurence Parsons, were granted large estates. Birr Castle, Parsonstown, became the family seat. Samuel Holden Parsons, born Lyme, CT, in 1737 was a Connecticut legislator and revolutionary war officer. Theophilius Parsons (1750–1813) was born in Byfield, MA, and was chief justice of the MA supreme court (1806–13); his son, also Theophilius, was a professor at Harvard Law School (1848–1869).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.John Mifflin (born 1640) came to Delaware from Warminster, Wiltshire, England, in the 1670s. He is probably the same person as the John Mifflin, a Quaker, who built his home, ‘Fountain Green’, in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, in 1679. His fourth-generation descendant Thomas Mifflin (1744–1800) was a member of the Continental Congress, a revolutionary soldier, and governor of PA.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from the personal name (Greek Nikolaos, from nikÄn ‘to conquer’ + laos ‘people’). Forms with -ch- are due to hypercorrection (compare Anthony). The name in various vernacular forms was popular among Christians throughout Europe in the Middle Ages, largely as a result of the fame of a 4th-century Lycian bishop, about whom a large number of legends grew up, and who was venerated in the Orthodox Church as well as the Catholic. In English-speaking countries, this surname is also found as an Americanized form of various Greek surnames such as Papanikolaou ‘(son of) Nicholas the priest’ and patronymics such as Nikolopoulos.The colonial official and revolutionary patriot Robert Carter Nicholas was from a prominent VA family on both sides. His father was a British navy surgeon who emigrated in about 1700 from Lancashire, England, to Williamsburg, VA.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived by a bush or hedge of hawthorn (Old English haguþorn, hægþorn, i.e. thorn used for making hedges and enclosures, Old English haga, (ge)hæg), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Hawthorn in County Durham. In Scotland the surname originated in the Durham place name, and from Scotland it was taken to Ireland. This spelling is now found primarily in northern Ireland.The American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–64) was a direct descendant of Major William Hathorne, one of the English Puritans who settled in MA in 1630, and whose son John Hathorne was one of the judges in the Salem witchcraft trials. The writer’s father was a sea captain, as was his grandfather, the revolutionary war hero Daniel Hathorne (1731–96). The spelling of the surname was altered by the novelist.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : variant of Sand 1.Scottish : habitational name from Sands in Tulliallan in Fife.Comfort Sands, a revolutionary patriot born in 1748 at what is now Sands’ Point, Long Island, NY, was descended from James (Sandys) Sands (1622–95), who emigrated from Reading, Berkshire, England, to Plymouth, MA, and followed Anne Hutchinson to Westchester Co., NY, and subsequently RI. In 1661 he settled on Block Island, RI.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : habitational name from any of several places in England and Scotland, variously spelled, that are named with Old English cald ‘cold’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’. Caldwell in North Yorkshire is one major source of the surname; Caldwell in Renfrewshire in Scotland another.Several Caldwells emigrated from Scotland to America by way of Ireland in the 18th century. James Caldwell (1734–81), son of settler John Caldwell, was born in Charlotte Co., VA, and was a militant clergyman during the revolutionary war. Andrew Caldwell, a Scottish farmer, emigrated to America in 1718 and started a family in Lancaster Co., PA. His son David was a Presbyterian clergyman and well-known revolutionary war patriot.
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Boy/Male
Tamil
Adotka | அதோதà¯à®•à®¾
Strength and wisdom
Female
Hindi/Indian
(लीलावती) Hindi name LEELAVATHI means "free will of God."
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
King of the Gods
Girl/Female
Latin
Majestic.
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew
Delight; Pleasantness
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Twin
Male
English
Bowman
Boy/Male
Indian
Arch Angel, Archangel of Allah, Gabriel
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Always Smiling
Boy/Male
Hindu
Beautiful
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n.
One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.
a.
Pertaining to elocution.
v. t.
To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.
n.
One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
n.
The state of being in revolution; revolutionary doctrines or principles.
n.
A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by, Jacobinism.
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A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.
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Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.
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Pertaining to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary; Jacobinical.
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To match unsuitably.
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The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform.
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A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.
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One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War infested the neutral ground between the American and British lines, and committed depredations on the Americans.
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A revolutionist.
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Relating to evolution.
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One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state.
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Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions.
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The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.
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Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.