old-earthadj.

Brit.

/ˈəʊldəːθ/, U.S.

/ˈoʊldˌərθ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., earth n.¹

Etymology: < old adj. + earth n.¹

attributive. Of or relating to the great age of the earth as indicated by scientific evidence; spec. designating a form of creationism (creationism n. 2) which, while holding that the earth and living organisms were divinely created, takes the scientific evidence of the earth's age into account; of or relating to this belief (contrasted with young-earth adj.).

ΚΠ

1970 D. E. Chittick in D. W. Patten Symp. on Creation II iii. 70 The non-Creationists' (i.e., naturalists') explanation for failing to find the facts in agreement with old earth assumptions was to postulate that the helium had escaped somehow.

1987 A. M. Clark Understanding Sci. through Evol. 19 Among creationists there is a group of people who think that the old earth idea may be more accurate.

1997 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 26 263 Religious opposition..runs from ‘young earth creationism’ through ‘old earth creationism’..to ‘theistic evolutionism’.

2008 T. Mortenson in R. J. Bigalke Genesis Factor ii. 68 They argued that old-earth interpretations were based on anti-biblical philosophical assumptions.

Compounds

old-earth creationist n. a believer in or advocate of old-earth creationism.

ΚΠ

1977 R. C. Newman in D. E. Wonderly God's Time-rec. in Anc. Sediments Foreword p. v I hope that this manual will receive wide circulation among evangelical and fundamental Christians, with the result that the old-earth creationist position will be more favorably considered.

1992 Jrnl. Sci. Study Relig. 31 238/2 In this hardly monolithic camp there are old-earth, young-earth creationists, gap theorists, day-age theorists, progressive creationists, [etc.].

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Nov. d3/1 More and more [Muslims] seem to be joining the ranks of the so-called old-Earth creationists.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old-earth
释义	old-earthadj. Brit. /ˈəʊldəːθ/, U.S. /ˈoʊldˌərθ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., earth n.¹ Etymology: < old adj. + earth n.¹ attributive. Of or relating to the great age of the earth as indicated by scientific evidence; spec. designating a form of creationism (creationism n. 2) which, while holding that the earth and living organisms were divinely created, takes the scientific evidence of the earth's age into account; of or relating to this belief (contrasted with young-earth adj.). ΚΠ 1970 D. E. Chittick in D. W. Patten Symp. on Creation II iii. 70 The non-Creationists' (i.e., naturalists') explanation for failing to find the facts in agreement with old earth assumptions was to postulate that the helium had escaped somehow. 1987 A. M. Clark Understanding Sci. through Evol. 19 Among creationists there is a group of people who think that the old earth idea may be more accurate. 1997 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 26 263 Religious opposition..runs from ‘young earth creationism’ through ‘old earth creationism’..to ‘theistic evolutionism’. 2008 T. Mortenson in R. J. Bigalke Genesis Factor ii. 68 They argued that old-earth interpretations were based on anti-biblical philosophical assumptions. Compounds old-earth creationist n. a believer in or advocate of old-earth creationism. ΚΠ 1977 R. C. Newman in D. E. Wonderly God's Time-rec. in Anc. Sediments Foreword p. v I hope that this manual will receive wide circulation among evangelical and fundamental Christians, with the result that the old-earth creationist position will be more favorably considered. 1992 Jrnl. Sci. Study Relig. 31 238/2 In this hardly monolithic camp there are old-earth, young-earth creationists, gap theorists, day-age theorists, progressive creationists, [etc.]. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Nov. d3/1 More and more [Muslims] seem to be joining the ranks of the so-called old-Earth creationists. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1970
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