transformist

American  

[trans-fawr-mist] / trænsˈfɔr mɪst /

noun

1. an adherent of transformism.

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Other Word Forms

• transformistic adjective

Etymology

Origin of transformist

1790–1800; transform + -ist, modeled on French transformiste

Example Sentences

There is the stumbling-block of the usual transformist theories, and Mr Bergson devotes to it a closely argued and singularly penetrating criticism, by an example which he analyses in detail.

From A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson by Benson, Vincent

Buffon, like many another man, from St. Augustine down to his own times, considered the transformist explanation of living nature.

From Science and Morals and Other Essays by Windle, Bertram Coghill Alan, Sir

Her preface to the work of the English naturalist, in which she indicates the results which flow from an acceptance of the transformist theory, created a veritable storm in both religious and scientific circles.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

Mondière, who with others, under the leadership of Paul Nicole, met in 1884 and formed a Réunion Lamarck and a Dîner Lamarck, to maintain and perpetuate the memory of the great French transformist.

From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

So that, all things considered, the transformist hypothesis looks more and more like a close approximation to the truth.

From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur