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creationist

American  
[kree-ay-shuhn-ist] / kriˈeɪ ʃən ɪst /

noun

  1. a person who subscribes to creationism.


adjective

  1. relating to, believing in, or promoting creationism.

Example Sentences

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“He helped them understand the importance of taking seriously the creationist challenge to science,” Dr. Scott said in an interview.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2023

He has been well-prepared, having worked previously at the Discovery Institute, best known for its creationist and anti-evolution science denial.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2021

One was a 1920s creationist assault on mainstream geology.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2019

By day, she struggled to parse Husserl in the original German; by night, she watched a lot of YouTube—“ ‘Christopher Hitchens destroys creationist in debate,’ that kind of thing,” she said.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 20, 2018

If the evolution key failed to open the doors to which we apply it, then there would be justification for a rehabilitation of the creationist doctrine, but the reverse is the case.

From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)

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