transformationist
- noun
- /ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃənɪst/
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transformacionista
- Many early biologists were transformationists before Darwin's theory of natural selection became widely accepted.
Examples
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The nineteenth-century transformationist challenged traditional views about the origin of species.
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As a transformationist, she believed that gradual changes could explain the diversity of life.
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A transformationist believes in gradual changes in species.
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Many transformationists support Darwin's theories.
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The theory of evolution was notably supported by a transformationist who argued for gradual species changes.
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As a dedicated transformationist, he expressed confidence in the slow process of evolution to explain biological diversity.
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Many scientists who were transformationists contributed to our understanding of how species evolve over long periods.
Synonyms
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A person who believes that living things change over a long time
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A person who believes species change over time by natural selection
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A person who prefers small, slow changes rather than sudden big changes
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A person who supports slow, step-by-step change
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A person who believes natural selection drives evolution
A person who says traits or behaviors developed to help survival and reproduction
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
transformationist = transformation (transparent) = transform + ation + ist
Built by adding '-ist' to 'transformation' (itself 'transform' + '-ation'), so the agentive sense 'person who supports transformation as a biological process' is morphologically regular.
Etymology
Transformationist comes from trans- 'across' and form 'shape', like in transform, which means to 'change shape'. In older science use, a transformationist was someone who believed species slowly change shape over time, so the word names that idea of gradual change.