systematist
Americannoun
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a person who constructs a system.
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a naturalist engaged in classification.
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a person who adheres to a system, order, or method.
noun
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a person who constructs systems
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an adherent of a system
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a taxonomist
Etymology
Origin of systematist
1690–1700; < Greek systēmat- (stem of sýstēma ) system + -ist
Example Sentences
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The project “will allow the delivery of scientific knowledge at scale,” says Dimitris Koureas, a systematist turned bioinformatician at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands, which oversees DiSSCo.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 2, 2024
He; Guillermo D'Elía, a systematist and mammalogist at the Austral University of Chile; and other South American colleagues went on their first 3-week expedition in 2020.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 23, 2023
Fortunately, “it’s actually not that hard to simulate a mass extinction,” said Emily Sessa, a plant systematist at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2023
The work is convincing, says Peter Stevens, a systematist at the University of Missouri in St. Louis who was not involved with the study.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 5, 2018
Even though the physiological distinction be allowed to count for something in otherwise doubtful cases, no systematist would constitute a species on such grounds alone.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John
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