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n. - A person who believes in change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.

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  • The evolutionist is short on evidence but long on guesses that miss the mark.
  • I suggest calling Behe a theistic evolutionist is as misleading as calling him a creationist.
  • The heavy-handed creationist propaganda film Expelled expelled a pro-evolutionist from a showing of the film.
  • But then you call him a theistic evolutionist, which is confusing.
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