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antipreformationist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /antipɹiːfɔːˈmeɪʃn̩ɪst/ (UK)

Etymology

From anti- + preformationist.

Meanings

1. Opposed to the theory of preformationism.
   • Despite his antipreformationist skepticism, he gradually became convinced both of the chromosome theory and of Mendelism by the discovery of Drosophila mutations that segregated with the sex chromosome. 2005, Ron Amundson, The Changing Role of the Embryo in Evolutionary Thought, page 149:
   • Leading the antipreformationist camp was William Harvey, the first scientist to correctly describe the circulation of blood. 2001, David M Friedman, A Mind of its Own, Robert Hale, published 2009, page 60:

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