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preformationist en · NOUN

Etymology

From preformation + -ist.

Meanings

(historical) A proponent of the theory of preformationism.
- Preformationists rejoined that Harveian epigenesis was unscientific, for such a virtue could not be observed. 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 219:

Forms

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preformationists	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

antipreformationist

Translations (1)

pt preformista (a proponent of the theory of preformationism)