derivationistn.
/dɛrɪˈveɪʃənɪst/ 1. Biology. One who holds the theory of derivation or evolution of organic types.
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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
1875 J. W. Dawson Nature & Bible 134 The derivationist tries to break down the line between species and varieties.
1888 J. W. Dawson Geol. Hist. Plants 266 Allied forms, some at least of which a derivationist might claim as modified descendants.
2. One who occupies himself with the derivation of words.
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the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [noun] > etymology > one who studies
etymologist1604
etymologer1610
derivationist1891
1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 242 The amateur derivationists of place names.
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