systematist

[ sis-tuh-muh-tist ]

noun

1. a person who constructs a system.
2. a naturalist engaged in classification.
3. a person who adheres to a system, order, or method.

ˈsystematist

/ ˈsɪstɪmətɪst /

noun

1. a person who constructs systems
2. an adherent of a system
3. a taxonomist

Word History and Origins

Origin of systematist¹

1690–1700; < Greek systēmat- (stem of sýstēma ) system + -ist

Example Sentences

As a result, new findings can force systematists to re-classify taxa.

From Science News For Students

Trained as a plant systematist, Petersen at first thought that maybe this loss of complex I might be common.

From Quanta Magazine

There it is preserved, a monument of Lindley's skill and industry and of inestimable value to the systematist.

From Project Gutenberg

From the above brief account it may perhaps be concluded that Berkeley was essentially a systematist and founder of new species.

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In fact, he was not merely a Scientific Systematist in the older sense.

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It would be an interesting study to compare Cuvier's views on variation with those of Darwin, who was essentially a systematist.

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Linnaeus was the greatest systematist in the history of botany.

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