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🚫 Opposition to evolution 🚫 Against evolution
antievolution

antievolution

1 8.1
Opposed to the scientific idea that living things change over time
  • adjective
  • /ˌæn.tiˈiː.vəˌluː.ʃən/
: antievolucionista
  • The school board faced criticism for its antievolution stance in the science curriculum.

Examples

  • Some groups continue to spread antievolution arguments despite scientific consensus.

  • Many antievolution advocates speak at local schools.

  • The documentary explored the history of antievolution movements in the twentieth century.

  • The antievolution movement gained traction in the 1980s.

  • The school board faced criticism for its antievolution stance in the science curriculum.

  • Many advocates of antievolution speak at local schools about their beliefs.

  • Some groups continue to spread antievolution arguments despite scientific consensus.

Synonyms

antievolutionary
vsantievolution
1 9.3

Rejecting the idea that species change over time

focuses the opposition especially within biology

Antonyms

evolutionary
  • Specialized
137 4.6

About slow change over a long time, often in living things

How Opposed

antievolution
1 8.1
denialism
  • Formal
5 8.2
opposition
216 3.5
skepticism
  • US
121 5.1
uncertainty
255 4.0

Surface Forms

antievolution positive

Morphology

antievolution = evolution + antievolution (transparent) = anti + evolution

The noun is a straightforward zero-derived use of the adjective antievolution.

Etymology

Antievolution joins anti- ('against') as in antibiotic and evolution ('change over time'), so an antievolution stance is 'against' the idea that life changes by evolution.