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

On the other hand, it is easy to understand his aversion from purely empirical, evolutionist, or transformist doctrines, such as those set forth in the works of Lamarck and Darwin which came to his notice.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

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

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

This is what I should say if I were a "transformist."

From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard