antiphlogistianadj.n.
A. adj.
Opposed to the theory of ‘phlogiston,’ or the existence of an element of pure fire.
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1791 W. Nicholson Chem. 185 The antiphlogistian philosophers.
1795 W. Nicholson Dict. Chem. II. 642 The antiphlogistian theory.
B. n.
An opponent of this theory.
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1788 J. Priestley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 79 15 Sulphur is not that simple substance which the antiphlogistians suppose.
1805 Edinb. Rev. 6 102 The antiphlogistians have nothing to dread.
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