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evilutionist en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of evil + evolutionist.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, nonstandard, rare) A supporter of the theory of evolution, regarded as an enemy of religion.
   • The Christian Right too must have felt quizzical gratitude for this 'evilutionist' who, as they did, said man did not come from monkeys. 2002, Brian Regal, Henry Fairfield Osborn, page 173:
   • Originally seen as a great opportunity to do irreparable damage to religious modernists and "evilutionists," the fundamentalists found, instead, that it was they who were injured by the Scopes trial. 1978, James Edward Sayer, Clarence Darrow: public advocate, page 64:
   • In several large cities I was asked to address secret midnight meetings of high school teachers who feared to lose their jobs if seen consorting with an "evilutionist." 1951, Charles Francis Potter, The Preacher and I: An Autobiography, page 319:
   • I is^([sic]) suspicious that many contemporary evilutionists cling to their theory with such tenacity because they don't want to deal with the Ultimate Reality or Truth. 2000, Ron Carlson, Common Sense, Nonsense, Or Church Sense, page 112:

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