permutationistn.
/ˌpəːmjᵿˈteɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌpəːmjᵿˈteɪʃənɪst/, U.S. /ˌpərmjəˈteɪʃənəst/ rare.† 1. A person who holds or advocates a theory of permutation. Obsolete.
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the world > life > biology > theories > person holding theory > [noun] > of genetics or evolution
transmutationist1844
progressionist1845
developist1846
developmentist1847
monogenist1857
polygenist1857
Darwinian1860
Darwinite1860
developmentarian1860
permutationist1860
developmentalist1862
monogenesist1862
polygenesist1862
Darwinist1864
evolutionist1866
natural selectionist1869
homogenist1874
derivationist1875
transformista1879
hereditarian1881
hereditist1885
derivatist1887
preformationist1888
fortuitist1890
Lamarckite1890
neo-Lamarckian1890
neo-Darwinist1891
vestigian1891
neo-Darwinian1892
selectionist1892
preformist1895
recapitulationist1897
transmissionist1899
Mendelian1903
mutationist1903
Weismannian1903
adaptationist1904
Mendelist1906
Lysenkoist1949
Morganist1950
Lamarckian1953
gradualist1970
macromutationist1975
punctuationalist1978
saltationist1978
punctuationist1980
1860 S. Wilberforce Q. Rev. July 247 Can any permutationist pretend that experience gives us any reason for believing that any change of food,..could ever change the one type into the other?
2. British. Gambling. A person who practises or promotes a system of betting on football pools.
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1968 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 19 The get-rich-quick football pool schemes of ——, self-styled pools permutationist, and his eldest son..led them to prison yesterday.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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