: a person who holds a particular office or position. Voters will have the chance to see the incumbent and her opponent in a series of three debates. Incumbents often have an advantage in elections. [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples. incumbent /ÉªnËkÊmbÉnt/ adjective.incumbent. /ÉªnËkÊmbÉnt/. adjective. Learner's definition of INCUMBENT. always used before a noun formal. : holding an office or position. the incumbent president/mayor/senator.oters will have the chance to see the incumbent and her opponent in a series of three debates.
In other words, the Modern Synthesis is a theory about how evolution works at the level of genes, phenotypes, and populations whereas Darwinism was concerned mainly with organisms, speciation and individuals.
Modernism is not identical to modernity or modernization, though these terms' meanings overlap. Modernism is a recent period of Western or World Civilization; modernity or modernization is a historical process rather than a period.