transformist
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of transformist
1790–1800; transform + -ist, modeled on French transformiste
Example Sentences
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Her preface to the work of the English naturalist, in which she indicates the results which flow from an acceptance of the transformist theory, created a veritable storm in both religious and scientific circles.
From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine
On the other hand, it is easy to understand his aversion from purely empirical, evolutionist, or transformist doctrines, such as those set forth in the works of Lamarck and Darwin which came to his notice.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)
Mondière, who with others, under the leadership of Paul Nicole, met in 1884 and formed a Réunion Lamarck and a Dîner Lamarck, to maintain and perpetuate the memory of the great French transformist.
From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
If I were a "transformist" how I should delight in this question!
From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard
So that, all things considered, the transformist hypothesis looks more and more like a close approximation to the truth.
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur
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