Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One skilled in evolutions, specifically in military evolutions.
- noun A believer in the biological or cosmological doctrine of evolution.
- Of or pertaining to the doctrine of evolution; based upon or believing in the doctrine of evolution.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One skilled in evolutions.
- noun One who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
proponent orsupporter ofevolutionism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who believes in organic evolution
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Examples
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Since every evolutionist is NOT going to become Hitler, it follows that not every follower of Jesus is going to join the KKK.
Michael Moore Making Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Since every evolutionist is NOT going to become Hitler, it follows that not every follower of Jesus is going to join the KKK.
Michael Moore Making Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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The heavy-handed creationist propaganda film Expelled expelled a pro-evolutionist from a showing of the film.
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I suggest calling Behe a theistic evolutionist is as misleading as calling him a creationist.
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I suggest calling Behe a theistic evolutionist is as misleading as calling him a creationist.
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The evolutionist is short on evidence but long on guesses that miss the mark.
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
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What may be called the evolutionist theory of population was originated and incompletely stated by Charles Darwin, and developed by Herbert Spencer.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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In it he claimed that the law of evolution, in a certain sense as true to him as to any so-called evolutionist, was a law “controlling development, and keeping types within appointed cycles of growth.”
Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence Agassiz, Louis 1885
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In it he claimed that the law of evolution, in a certain sense as true to him as to any so-called evolutionist, was a law "controlling development, and keeping types within appointed cycles of growth."
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence Louis Agassiz 1840
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But then you call him a theistic evolutionist, which is confusing.
Planet Atheism 2009
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