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What (who) is evolutionist - definition

TERM USED (OFTEN DEROGATORILY) TO DENOTE THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION
Evolutionist; Usage and context of "evolutionism"; Evolutionists; Evolutionisms; Evolution (philosophy); Evolutionism (Religion); Evolutionism theory; Draft:Atheistic evolution; Evolution is a religion; Religion of evolution

evolutionist         
(evolutionists)
An evolutionist is someone who accepts the scientific theory that all living things evolved from a few simple life forms.
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Evolutionist         
·noun One skilled in evolutions.
II. Evolutionist ·noun one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics.
evolutionist         
¦ noun a person who believes in the theories of evolution and natural selection.
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evolutionism noun

Wikipedia

Evolutionism

Evolutionism is a term used (often derogatorily) to denote the theory of evolution. Its exact meaning has changed over time as the study of evolution has progressed. In the 19th century, it was used to describe the belief that organisms deliberately improved themselves through progressive inherited change (orthogenesis). The teleological belief went on to include cultural evolution and social evolution. In the 1970s, the term "Neo-Evolutionism" was used to describe the idea that "human beings sought to preserve a familiar style of life unless change was forced on them by factors that were beyond their control."

The term is most often used by creationists to describe adherence to the scientific consensus on evolution as equivalent to a secular religion. The term is very seldom used within the scientific community, since the scientific position on evolution is accepted by the overwhelming majority of scientists. Because evolutionary biology is the default scientific position, it is assumed that "scientists" or "biologists" are "evolutionists" unless specifically noted otherwise. In the creation–evolution controversy, creationists often call those who accept the validity of the modern evolutionary synthesis "evolutionists" and the theory itself "evolutionism".

Examples of use of evolutionist
1. The evolutionist Richard Lewontin famously calculated that about 85% of genetic variation in humans occurs among individuals in an average population; only 6% occurs among races.
2. Article continues A prominent anti–evolutionist and Roman Catholic scientist, Dominique Tassot, told the US National Catholic Reporter that this week‘s meeting was "to give a broader extension to the debate.
3. Alternatively, intelligent life may be commonplace but not long–lived, as the late evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould pointed out. ‘Perhaps any society that could build a technology for such interplanetary travel must first pass through a period of potential destruction where technological capacity outstrips social or moral restraint.