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heteˈrogenist
[f. heterogeny + -ist: cf. mod.F. hétérogéniste.]
An upholder of the hypothesis of heterogeny or spontaneous generation.
1870Nature 14 July 224/1 M. Pasteur's researches..have..strongly influenced the opinions of very many scientific men on the question of the truth or falsity of the doctrines of the heterogenists. 1871Tyndall Fragm. Sc. (1879) II. xiii. 304 The English heterogenist was far bolder. 1878― in 19th Cent. Mar. 501 While no discovery of the age would bear comparison with this ‘new birth of living particles’, it is a mere commonplace occurrence to our fortunate heterogenist. |