biogenistn.
/ˌbʌɪˈɒdʒᵻnɪst/, U.S. /ˌbaɪˈɑdʒənəst/ Biology. Now rare.
A person who supports a biogenetic theory of the origin of living forms. Opposed to abiogenist n.
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1870 Nature 29 Sept. 438/1 The facts he had elicited were such as to throw on the Biogenists the burden of proof that life did not really originate de novo from lifeless materials.
1891 T. J. Parker Less. Elem. Biol. ix. 98 The matter was finally set at rest and the biogenists proved to be in the right.
2006 M. Raymond & W. L. Leffler Oil & Gas Production in Nontechnical Lang. iii. 66 The biogenists theorize that in some locations, sea-dwelling microorganisms in great abundance fell along with clay particles to seafloors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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