Preformationist

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Noun
  1. 1
    A proponent of the theory of preformationism. historical

    "Preformationists rejoined that Harveian epigenesis was unscientific, for such a virtue could not be observed."

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"Preformationists rejoined that Harveian epigenesis was unscientific, for such a virtue could not be observed."

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From preformation + -ist.

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