abiogenesistn.
/ˌeɪbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnᵻsɪst/, U.S. /ˌeɪˌbaɪoʊˈdʒɛnəsəst/ Biology and Geology. rare.
= abiogenist n.
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animalculist1730
epigenesist1784
vermiculist1784
animalist1800
epigenist1803
ovarist1816
spermatist1836
ovist1838
creationist1856
seminist1857
vitalist1860
monogenist1868
nomogenist1868
panspermist1868
abiogenist1870
heterogenist1870
panspermatist1870
ovulist1879
adaptionist1888
abiogenesist1889
thaumatogenist1891
1889 Cent. Dict. Abiogenesist.
1918 W. T. Sedgwick & H. W. Tyler Short Hist. Sci. xvii. 382 Both of these groups were biogenesists, since they maintained that living things come only from other living things. Opposed to them were the abiogenesists who disputed these ideas and believed in ‘spontaneous’ generation (abiogenesis), i.e. in the origin of living things from lifeless or non-living matter.
1994 Social Stud. Sci. 26 747 The abiogenesists therefore declared victory.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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