Fixism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The theory that the species alive today are identical to those of the past and that evolution does not happen. historical, uncountable
  2. 2
    The former theory of geology that held that the continents were fixed in position. uncountable

Etymology

From fix + -ism.

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