evolutionist
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5.3
- noun
- /ˌiːvəˈluːʃənɪst/
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evolucionista
- As an evolutionist, she firmly believes that species adapt over time to survive in their environments.
- atheistic evolutionist
- nontheistic evolutionist
- theistic evolutionists
So that was when I kind of got into this world of theistic evolutionist Christians.
- So that was when I kind of got into this world of theistic evolutionist Christians.
- So we evolutionists have done a poor job of exploring what I call lineage.
Examples
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First, simple misunderstandings of basic content were distressingly common, even among professional evolutionists.
Academic text (1992) -
So that I'd like to draw to your attention at least three other evolutionists whose work is well worth your regard.
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At 15, I became an evolutionist, and it all became clear.
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If you find an evolutionist in this town, you can refuse him.
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Mayr was an evolutionist and had been since he was a youth.
Academic text (2006) -
As a professional evolutionist, I find nothing surprising about human stability over 100,000 years.
Academic text (1995) -
Yet both evolutionists and creationists can present them in ways that have considerable appeal.
Academic text (1991) -
The evolutionist has nothing but vast periods of time, random chance events, and the ever-changing ideas of man to base his worldview upon.
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Among the best remembered is Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, the French evolutionist.
Academic text (1993) -
Stasis is now generally recognized as an intriguing puzzle by evolutionists.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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6.0
A person who believes species change over time by natural selection
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7.2
A person who supports the idea that living things change over time by natural selection
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8.3
A person who believes natural selection drives evolution
A person who believes kinds of animals and plants change slowly over time
A person who says traits or behaviors developed to help survival and reproduction
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Evolutionist comes from the verb evolve, which comes from the Latin evolvere meaning 'to unroll' or 'to change'. The ending -ist means 'a person who believes or does something', so an evolutionist is a person who supports the idea that living things change over time.