anti-evolution

adjective

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

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, -ˌē-və-, ˌan-tī-\

variants: or less commonly anti-evolutionary \ ˌan-tē-ˌe-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌner-ē

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, -ˌē-və- , ˌan-tī- \

Definition of anti-evolution

: 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.

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