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adaptationist

adaptationist noun: a supporter of adaptationism.

Noun

adaptationist (plural adaptationists)

  1. A supporter of adaptationism.
    • Until one is clear about just what one means by adaptationism, what evidence one needs to accuse someone of being an "adaptationist" will remain vague; this rather diminishes the force of the accusation.2006, Massimo Pigliucci, Jonathan Michael Kaplan, Making Sense of Evolution: The Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago Press

Forms of adaptationist

pluraladaptationists

Origin of adaptationist

From adaptation + -ist.

Words formed from adaptationist

Questions about adaptationist

What does adaptationist mean?
Adaptationist means a supporter of adaptationism.
What part of speech is adaptationist?
Adaptationist is a noun.
What is the plural of adaptationist?
The plural of adaptationist is adaptationists.

Words near adaptationist in the dictionary

  1. adaptating
  2. adaptation
  3. adaptational
  4. adaptationally
  5. adaptationism
  6. adaptationist
  7. adaptationists
  8. adaptations
  9. adaptative
  10. adaptatively
  11. adaptativeness

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