evolucionats

Evolucionats is a Catalan term that functions as the masculine plural form of evolucionat, meaning "evolved" or "those who have evolved." In Catalan, evolucionar means to evolve; evolucionat is the past participle or adjectival form, and evolucionats refers to plural masculine subjects. The feminine forms are evolucionada (singular) and evolucionades (plural).

Usage and scope: In everyday Catalan, evolucionats describes beings or populations that have undergone evolutionary changes. In biology and related disciplines, more formal terms are typically used to describe evolutionary status; evolucionats appears mainly in educational, popular science, or speculative writing, where it can denote organisms, lineages, or groups characterized by advanced traits.

Contexts: The word can appear in science fiction to refer to post-evolutionary humans or other species, or in philosophical discussions about the outcomes of evolution or directed evolution. It may function adjectivally or, in some constructions, as a nominal phrase such as "els evolucionats" ("the evolved ones").

See also: Evolution; Evolutionary biology; Catalan language.