creo

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A form of creationist — A proponent or supporter of creationism.

UncommonScrabble 6

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nouncreo (plural creos)

plural creos

  1. abbreviationclippingslangClipping of creationist.

    And of course the creos will say that whatever they find is evidence for a young universe.

    2007 September 10, Nick Matzke, “Iapetus flyby today!”, in Panda's Thumb
    3 more examples

    Nelson is just about the only creationist who makes some effort at presenting his ideas in legitimate scientific venues, but Pharyngula does a good job of showing why creo's don't do well in such situations.

    2004 August 2, Jason, “Around the Blogs”, in Evolutionblog, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2012

    Anytime you want to debate an intelligent creo instead of the AiG YEC morons I will promptly oblige you.

    2005 March 24, Ray Martinez, “Re: Natural Selection”, in talk.origins (Usenet), message-ID <1111718471.043282.17720@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>

    In Texas, for example, a creo-dominated board of education in 2009 successfully shoehorned creationist language into the life and earth sciences standards.

    2010 December 17, “Top Ten Evolution Stories of 2010”, in National Center for Science Education, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2011
adjectivecreo (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationclippingnot comparableslangClipping of creationist.

    First, I have to agree with you regarding the many creo sites and their unqualified interpretations of fossil evidence […]

    2008 November 26, Mark Gerard, “Re: Science be damned!”, in talk.origins (Usenet)
    1 more example

    [comment #128 by "raven"] In the hotbed of creo nonsense, the USA, acceptance of the fact of evolution runs around 99% among relevant scientists.

    2007 November 17, PZ Myers, quoting raven (username), “The Discovery Institute lies to educators”, in Pharyngula, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2012, comment #128

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APA

creo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creo

MLA

“creo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “creo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creo.

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