transformist

American  

[trans-fawr-mist] / trænsˈfɔr mɪst /

noun

1. an adherent of transformism.

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Other Word Forms

• transformistic adjective

Etymology

Origin of transformist

1790–1800; transform + -ist, modeled on French transformiste

Example Sentences

Buffon, like many another man, from St. Augustine down to his own times, considered the transformist explanation of living nature.

From Science and Morals and Other Essays by Windle, Bertram Coghill Alan, Sir

There is the stumbling-block of the usual transformist theories, and Mr Bergson devotes to it a closely argued and singularly penetrating criticism, by an example which he analyses in detail.

From A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson by Benson, Vincent

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

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)

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)