transformist
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of transformist
1790–1800; transform + -ist, modeled on French transformiste
Example Sentences
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A few weeks before his death he repented of his transformist policy, and again included Crispi and Zanardelli in his cabinet.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
This is what I should say if I were a "transformist."
From Social Life in the Insect World by Bernard Miall
So that, all things considered, the transformist hypothesis looks more and more like a close approximation to the truth.
From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell
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 A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
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 John Augustine Zahm
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