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🛑 Preventing change 🙅 Rejecting evolution 🚫 Against progress
antievolutionary

antievolutionary

9.5
Stopping or slowing change in a species over time
  • adjective
  • /ˌæn.tiˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/
  • Specialized
translation icon : antievolutivo
  • The species exhibited antievolutionary traits that helped preserve its genetic makeup over centuries.

Examples

  • The antievolutionary forces in the ecosystem resisted the introduction of new genetic variations.

  • Some scientists argue that certain environmental pressures can have an antievolutionary effect on populations.

  • The antievolutionary movement has gained traction in some regions.

  • Many antievolutionary policies are being debated in the school board.

  • The species exhibited antievolutionary traits that helped preserve its genetic makeup over centuries.

  • Some scientists argue that certain environmental pressures can have an antievolutionary effect on populations.

  • The antievolutionary forces in the ecosystem resisted the introduction of new genetic variations.

Antonyms

evolutionary
  • Specialized
177 4.6

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

How Resistant

antievolutionary
  • Specialized
9.5
conservative
∞ 4.6
stable
473 2.3
changeable
8 3.5

Surface Forms

antievolutionary positive

Morphology

antievolutionary = evolutionary (transparent) = anti + evolution + ary

The meaning is directly compositional: 'anti-' adds the sense of opposition to the already transparent adjective 'evolutionary'.

Etymology

Antievolutionary comes from anti- 'against' and evolution 'change over time', like evolve which means 'to change'. So an antievolutionary trait or force is one that works to stop new changes in a species and helps keep it the same.