Cuvierian
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), French naturalist and zoologist.
"Dr. Knox took the ground, bold ground half a century ago, of the vast antiquity of man, and, though holding to the Cuvierean view of the immutability of species, he shrank from no opprobrium of beliefs denounced at that time as spurious science, […]"
Example
More examples"Dr. Knox took the ground, bold ground half a century ago, of the vast antiquity of man, and, though holding to the Cuvierean view of the immutability of species, he shrank from no opprobrium of beliefs denounced at that time as spurious science, […]"
Etymology
From Cuvier + -ian, from French Cuvier.