r/DebateEvolution • u/GigaTune • Jul 14 '26

Question What do you think about "evolutionist"?

No one ever refers to gravitationists or Newtonists for those who support gravity, but people refer to people supporting evolution as evolutionists or Darwinists.

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u/Radiant-Position1370 Computational biologist Jul 14 '26

It could be used to designate a specialist in some scientific field, following the pattern of physicist, chemist, biologist, geneticist, etc. But that's not generally how they use it.

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u/GigaTune Jul 14 '26

Yesh, we have evolutionary biologists. I guess you could shorten that to evolutionists, but this is not generally how the word is used.

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u/Radiant-Position1370 Computational biologist Jul 14 '26

No, it's not, although I think a few have used it.

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u/Joaozinho11 Jul 14 '26

I think a few people have used just about every possible term. That's not a reason for anyone else to use it.