| 单词 | special creationist |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˌspecial creˈationist ˌspecial creˈationist n. and adj. (a) n. a believer in or adherent of the theory of special creation; (b) adj. of or relating to the theory of special creation. ΚΠ 1870 J. Hinton Select. from MSS I. 142 The Allopaths represent the special creationists; the Homœopaths the developmentists. 1886 H. Spencer in 19th Cent. May 766 The point of view of the special-creationist. 1918 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 15 193 The cosmogonies of Melanesia and Polynesia, on the other hand, in their evolutionist as well as special creationist forms, are represented most satisfactorily. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1004 Huxley considered that palaeontology, or the study of fossil records, constituted the only really sound basis for theories of evolution: yet the foundations of the subject were laid by Baron Cuvier, a convinced ‘special creationist’. 1958 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 19 370 On a special creationist theory there would be no reason why this generalization should hold. 1975 J. Goulet Human Ape (1977) iii. 18 There are always special creationists,..the fellows who deny that man is an animal. 2000 J. W. Skehan et al. Creation Controv. & Sci. Classroom 54 Special creationist claims have been discredited by the available evidence. 2004 Third Way Summer 33/1 ID is a broad church that includes theistic evolutionists, special creationists, agnostics and adherents of other faiths. < as lemmas |
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