🙅 Rejecting evolution 🚫 Against progress 🛑 Preventing change

antievolutionary

1 9.3

Rejecting the idea that species change over time

adjective
/ˌæn.tiˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/

: antievolutivo

The politician's antievolutionary stance drew criticism from the scientific community.

Examples

Many antievolutionary groups advocate for teaching creationism in schools.
The debate featured several antievolutionary arguments challenging mainstream science.
Some textbooks were removed due to their antievolutionary content.
The antievolutionary stance of some politicians is controversial.
The antievolutionary beliefs of some groups have led to debates in educational institutions.
Many antievolutionary arguments are based on a literal interpretation of religious texts.
In some regions, antievolutionary policies have restricted the teaching of scientific theories in schools.

Antonyms

evolution

Specialized

299 4.4

Gradual change in living things over many generations caused by nature

How Opposed

antievolutionary

1 9.3

opposed

643 3.5

dismissive

38 5.6

skeptical

261 4.2

unconvinced

12 5.1

Surface Forms

antievolutionary positive

Morphology

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

This sense still follows the regular pattern of prefixing 'anti-' to 'evolutionary' to indicate opposition.

Etymology

Antievolutionary combines anti- 'against' and evolution 'change over time' and is used when someone rejects the scientific idea that species change. So being antievolutionary in this sense means being against the theory of evolution.