anti-evolution

adjective

an·​ti-evo·​lu·​tion ˌan-tē-ˌe-və-ˈlü-shən 

-ˌē-və-,

ˌan-tī-

variants or less commonly anti-evolutionary

ˌan-tē-ˌe-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌner-ē 

-ˌē-və-,

ˌan-tī-

: opposing or rejecting the biological theory of evolution or prohibiting its teaching

… a 1968 legal decision, Epperson v. Arkansas, in which the Supreme Court struck down anti-evolution laws like the one under which Scopes was convicted.

—Eugenie C. Scott et al.

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-evolution

• counterrevolution
• ablution
• aleutian
• confucian
• dilution
• elution
• locution
• pollution
• solution
• volution
• absolution
• allocution