creationism
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- noun
- /kriˈeɪʃənɪzəm/
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creacionismo
- We're talking this hour about the battle over keeping creationism out of public science classes.
- creationism and evolution
- scientific creationism
- creationism as science
In my country, there's a controversy over what is called creationism.
- In my country, there's a controversy over what is called creationism.
Examples
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The school board voted to include creationism along with Darwinism in the eighth-grade science curriculum.
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You don't want to convert people to creationism, and it seems like you didn't.
Blog text (3) -
A school can force a teacher to teach evolution and to stop teaching creationism.
Academic text (2004) -
How does evolution versus creationism sound?
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We can point out that creationism isn't taken seriously in any other developed nation.
Academic text (2011) -
Yours truly will be taking part as it's a topic that is near and dear to my heart, evolution versus creationism.
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Indeed, all of the teachers in this survey who indicated that they include creationism in their courses also indicated the following:
Academic text (2004) -
In at least two states, legislation has been passed mandating equal status for creationism and evolution in biology.
Academic text (1993) -
As Don Aguillard has noted, "Creationism is alive and well among biology teachers" (Moore 2002).
Academic text (2004) -
Present students with two theories, evolution and creationism, and let them make up their own minds.
Antonyms
- Specialized
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Gradual change in living things over many generations caused by nature
- Formal
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7.9
The belief that the world can be explained by science without spiritual causes
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word creationism comes from create, from the old Latin creare, 'to make', and the ending -ism meaning 'a belief or system'. So, creationism is the belief that the world and all life were 'made' by God rather than by natural processes like evolution.