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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.

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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

I attended Bible studies, prayer groups, conventions, tapings of Christian television shows, rallies held by Patriot Pastors, talks by leaders such as James Dobson, D. James Kennedy and Tony Perkins and creationist seminars.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2021

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

Because both depend only upon one’s preconceptions, the creationist viewpoint is just as valid as any other.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 17, 2018

As long as people of the creationist stamp wield the instinct-club, just so long will they be unable to grasp the idea of intelligent ratiocination in the lower animals.

From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by James Weir

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