gradualism (countable and uncountable, plural gradualisms)
(biology) The belief that evolution proceeds at a steady pace, without the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next.
(transferred sense) The belief that some phenomenon occurs gradually over a long period of time.
(politics) The belief that change ought to be brought about in small, discrete increments rather than in abrupt strokes such as revolutions or uprisings.
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17 November 2024
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
