transformist

[ trans-fawr-mist ]

noun

1. an adherent of transformism.

Other Words From

• transform·istic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of transformist¹

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

Example Sentences

He was a transformist from the very first, and performed all his various researches in the spirit of an evolutionist.

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She pointed out the results which logically follow from the transformist theory.

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A few weeks before his death he repented of his transformist policy, and again included Crispi and Zanardelli in his cabinet.

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

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If I were a "transformist" how I should delight in this question!

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