antipreformationist
Definitions
Opposed to the theory of preformationism.
Examples
“Leading the antipreformationist camp was William Harvey, the first scientist to correctly describe⟳ the circulation of blood.”
“Despite his antipreformationist skepticism, he gradually became convinced both of the chromosome theory and of Mendelism by the discovery of Drosophila mutations that segregated with the sex chromosome.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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