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- noun A believer in
Darwinism , the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term Darwinist is as loaded a term as you can drop in the debate.
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So I'll continue to use the term Darwinist for convenience, as the Darwinists always have among themselves, unless they begin to - consensually - call themselves by another specific name.
Popular opponents of ID backing away from terminology? Denyse O 2005
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Darwinian evolutionists used the terms Darwinist/Darwinism, or sometimes neo-Darwinist/neo-Darwinism, comfortably among themselves for many years.
Popular opponents of ID backing away from terminology? Denyse O 2005
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I was the sole skeptical - and "Darwinist" - member of an ad hoc "Origins Committee" which had organized this debate; the other committee members were actively involved in the campus chapter of the Campus Crusade for Christ.
Planet Atheism 2009
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Hitler was not a 'Darwinist' - he was a creationist.
Pharyngula 2009
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Dawkins is a born-again Darwinist, an atheist, so why is he devoting so much blood pressure and time to arguing with something he knows doesn’t exist?
Dawkins Laban 2006
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Margulis is a self-proclaimed Darwinist, that is, she accepts that natural selection is essential to adaptation.
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Margulis is a self-proclaimed Darwinist, that is, she accepts that natural selection is essential to adaptation.
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Because the core idea still fits I don't mind being called a Darwinist even though the term lacks technical accuracy and isn't really very meaningful.
Changing Your Name 2008
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Because the core idea still fits I don't mind being called a Darwinist even though the term lacks technical accuracy and isn't really very meaningful.
Changing Your Name 2008
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