preformationistn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌpriːfɔːˈmeɪʃn̩ɪst/,

/ˌpriːfɔːˈmeɪʃənɪst/, U.S.

/ˌprifɔrˈmeɪʃənəst/

Forms: 1800s praeformationist, 1800s– preformationist.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: preformation n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < preformation n. + -ist suffix.

Biology and History of Science.

A. n.

A person who advocates or believes in the theory of preformation (preformation n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

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

1888 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 815/1 The so-called ‘evolutionists’ of the eighteenth century, better called præformationists.

1896 Amer. Naturalist 30 343 No one denies,..excepting consistent preformationists, that they are more or less inheritable.

1930 F. J. Cole Early Theories Sexual Generation viii. 207 The term ovist or ovarist has been applied indifferently to the preformationist and epigeneist.

2002 J. Eugenides Middlesex ii. 199 The Preformationists, with their roller-coaster names—Spallazani, Swammerdam, Leeuwenhoek—believed that all of humankind had existed in miniature since Creation, in either the semen of Adam or the ovary of Eve, each person tucked inside the next like a Russian nesting doll.

B. adj.

Of or relating to preformationists or the theory of preformation.

ΚΠ

1906 Biometrika 5 147 The definite formulation of the preformationist doctrine of ‘Selbstdifferenzirung’ and ‘Mosaikarbeit’.

1973 Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. 122 326 Preformationist prejudices were so powerful that early embryologists..‘saw’ nonexistent miniature adults when viewing embryos through their microscopes.

1992 S. Rose Making of Memory 54 Van Leeuwenhoek..described each individual spermatozoon as a perfectly formed, minuscule mannikin, thus reinforcing a long-held preformationist superstition about human reproduction.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preformationist
释义	preformationistn.adj. Brit. /ˌpriːfɔːˈmeɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌpriːfɔːˈmeɪʃənɪst/, U.S. /ˌprifɔrˈmeɪʃənəst/ Forms: 1800s praeformationist, 1800s– preformationist. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: preformation n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < preformation n. + -ist suffix. Biology and History of Science. A. n. A person who advocates or believes in the theory of preformation (preformation n. 2). ΘΚΠ 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 1888 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 815/1 The so-called ‘evolutionists’ of the eighteenth century, better called præformationists. 1896 Amer. Naturalist 30 343 No one denies,..excepting consistent preformationists, that they are more or less inheritable. 1930 F. J. Cole Early Theories Sexual Generation viii. 207 The term ovist or ovarist has been applied indifferently to the preformationist and epigeneist. 2002 J. Eugenides Middlesex ii. 199 The Preformationists, with their roller-coaster names—Spallazani, Swammerdam, Leeuwenhoek—believed that all of humankind had existed in miniature since Creation, in either the semen of Adam or the ovary of Eve, each person tucked inside the next like a Russian nesting doll. B. adj. Of or relating to preformationists or the theory of preformation. ΚΠ 1906 Biometrika 5 147 The definite formulation of the preformationist doctrine of ‘Selbstdifferenzirung’ and ‘Mosaikarbeit’. 1973 Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. 122 326 Preformationist prejudices were so powerful that early embryologists..‘saw’ nonexistent miniature adults when viewing embryos through their microscopes. 1992 S. Rose Making of Memory 54 Van Leeuwenhoek..described each individual spermatozoon as a perfectly formed, minuscule mannikin, thus reinforcing a long-held preformationist superstition about human reproduction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1888
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