evolutionist
[ev-uh-loo-shuh-nist or, esp. British, ee-vuh-]
- a person who believes in or supports a theory of evolution, especially in biology.
- a person who supports a policy of gradual growth or development rather than sudden change or expansion.
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Origin of evolutionist
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Contemporary Examples of evolutionist
I am a theist and an evolutionist, to be sure, but the combined term makes no sense to me.
Historical Examples of evolutionist
Thus, to Spencer, the evolutionist theory contains no immorality.
Initiation into PhilosophyEmile Faguet
Prof. Poulton also tries to show that Prichard was an evolutionist.
More Letters of Charles DarwinCharles Darwin
The rector has come out, in a quiet way, as an evolutionist.
A Mortal AntipathyOliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The advocate of creation is in this matter in no worse position than the evolutionist.
The Story of the Earth and ManJ. W. Dawson
But if we grant this second demand, the evolutionist has a third in store for us.
The Story of the Earth and ManJ. W. Dawson
evolutionist
- a person who believes in a theory of evolution, esp Darwin's theory of the evolution of plant and animal species
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- of or relating to a theory of evolution
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