anticreationist
|an-ti-cre-a-tion-ist|
/ˌæn.ti.kriːˈeɪ.ʃən.ɪst/
against creationism
Etymology
'anticreationist' originates from a combination of the prefix 'anti-' (from Greek 'anti-' meaning 'against') and the noun 'creationist' (from 'creation' + suffix '-ist'), where 'anti-' meant 'against' and 'creation' derives from Latin 'creatio' (from 'creare') meaning 'to create'. 「anticreationist」は接頭辞 'anti-'（ギリシャ語 'anti-'：'反対'の意）と名詞 'creationist'（'creation' + 接尾辞 '-ist'）の結合から生じた語で、'anti-' は「反対」を、'creation' はラテン語 'creatio'（'creare' に由来）で「創造する」を意味した。
'creation' entered English from Latin 'creatio' (via Old French) meaning 'a making or bringing into being'; the agent noun 'creationist' developed to denote someone who affirms or teaches creationism (from the 19th century onward). 'Anticreationist' is a more recent coinage formed by prefixing 'anti-' to 'creationist' to indicate opposition.
Initially 'creation' meant 'the act of creating' and 'creationist' referred to an advocate of creationism; over time the compound 'anticreationist' came to specifically denote opposition to the doctrines or proponents of creationism rather than a general stance about creation.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a person who opposes creationism or who is opposed to creationists; someone critical of the view that life or the universe was created in the way described by creationist doctrines.
As an antcreationist, she debated publically against giving creationism equal time in science classes.
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Adjective 1
opposed to or critical of creationism (used to describe attitudes, arguments, or positions).
The book takes an antcreationist stance toward literal interpretations of religious origin stories.
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