SINCE 1828
anti-evolutionist
noun
an·ti-evo·lu·tion·ist
| \ ˌan-tē-ˌe-və-ˈlü-sh(ə-)nist
, -ˌē-və-, ˌan-tī-\
, -ˌē-və-, ˌan-tī-\
Definition of anti-evolutionist
: a person who rejects the biological theory of evolution
This apparent absence of life during most of the earth's history, and its subsequent appearance at full complexity, posed no problem for anti-evolutionists.— Stephen Jay Gould
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anti-evolutionist
adjective
anti-evolutionist arguments
anti-evolutionism
\ ˌan-tē-ˌe-və-ˈlü-shə-ˌni-zəm
, -ˌē-və- , ˌan-tī- \
noun
, -ˌē-və- , ˌan-tī- \
noun
The latest incarnation of anti-evolutionism is intelligent design which, say its advocates, is not traditional, Bible-based creationism.
— Glenn Branch
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