"fixism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From fix + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fix|ism}} fix + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fixism (uncountable)
  1. (biology, chiefly historical) The theory that the species alive today are identical to those of the past and that evolution does not happen. Tags: historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-fixism-en-noun-84peZr-T Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. (geology) The former theory of geology that held that the continents were fixed in position. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Geology Translations (Translations): fixisme [masculine] (French), fissismo [masculine] (Italian), ثباتگرایی (sobâtgerâyi) (Persian), fixismo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-fixism-en-noun-zuNx~~y3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 38 62 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: creationism, dispersalism, mobilism
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