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fixism

noun

Etymology

From fix + -ism.

  1. derived from *dʰeygʷ-✻
  2. derived from fīxus
  3. derived from *fixer✻
  4. inherited from fixen
  5. suffixed as fixism — “fix + ism”

Definitions

  1. The theory that the species alive today are identical to those of the past and that…

    The theory that the species alive today are identical to those of the past and that evolution does not happen.

  2. The former theory of geology that held that the continents were fixed in position.

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