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preformationist

noun

Etymology

From preformation + -ist.

  1. derived from fōrmātiō
  2. derived from formacion
  3. inherited from formacioun
  4. prefixed as preformation — “pre + formation”
  5. suffixed as preformationist — “preformation + ist”

Definitions

  1. A proponent of the theory of preformationism.

    • Preformationists rejoined that Harveian epigenesis was unscientific, for such a virtue could not be observed.

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