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Synonyms for selection

noun

  1. The act of selecting

    choice, election, determination, choosing, preference, co-optation, appropriation, adoption, reservation, separation.

  2. Anything selected

    pick, collection, excerpt; see choice 3, reading 3.

  3. An evolutionary process

    survival of the fittest, natural selection, sexual selection, unconscious selection, methodical selection, modification, change by sport, adaptation, Darwinian process, biogenesis, Mendelian fitness.

  4. A variety from which to choose

    choice, assortment, range, variety; see choice 2. See syn. study at choice.

See selection in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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