creationist
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- noun
- /kriˈeɪʃənɪst/
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creacionista
- During the debate, the creationist presented arguments against Darwin's theory of evolution.
- creationists and evolutionists
- Young-Earth creationist
I was hanging out with creationists, UFO believers and people like this.
- I was hanging out with creationists, UFO believers and people like this.
- You know, and and, you know, creationists always want, you know, their side taught in public schools.
- So a typical question might be professional Professor Winston is a creationist or something like that.
Examples
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In the United States, there are many more creationists than Darwinians.
Academic text (2009) -
Humans might start out as natural-born creationists, but some end up as Darwinians.
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So a typical question might be professional Professor Winston is a creationist or something like that.
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Other studies have reported various proportions of creationist-oriented college students.
Academic text (2005) -
There's Laura, a free-spirited creationist who is trying to make science fit into her faith.
Academic text (2009) -
After the vote, creationists tried to save face by insisting they had scored a victory.
Academic text (2011) -
There is by now a large body of research suggesting that humans are natural-born creationists.
Academic text (2009) -
In Louisiana, creationists have seized on the ruse of "supplemental" material to sneak in creationist lesson plans.
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Many creationists believe that the complexity of life is evidence of a divine creator.
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A creationist perspective often challenges mainstream scientific views on the origin of species.
Antonyms
- Formal
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A person who believes that nature or science explains everything, not the supernatural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Creationist joins create, from the Latin creare meaning 'to make', and the ending -ist, which means 'a person who believes or does something'. So a creationist is a person who believes the universe and life were 'made' by a divine being.