"evolutionist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: evolutionists [plural]
Etymology: From evolution + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|evolution|ist}} evolution + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} evolutionist (plural evolutionists)
  1. A proponent or supporter of evolutionism. Coordinate_terms: creationist Translations (a proponent or supporter of evolutionism): evoluiisto (Esperanto), evolutionisti (Finnish), évolutionniste [feminine, masculine] (French), Evolutionist [masculine] (German), Evolutionistin [feminine] (German), evolucionisto (Ido), éabhlóidí [masculine] (Irish), aafilleyder [masculine] (Manx), evoluciònist [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-evolutionist-en-noun-RmlzrYO2 Disambiguation of 'a proponent or supporter of evolutionism': 99 1
  2. (by extension) Someone who believes in the capacity of people to change. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-evolutionist-en-noun-KaLnWm3E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 8 92 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of People: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deistic evolutionist, evilutionist, neoevolutionist, nonevolutionist, theistic evolutionist

Inflected forms

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