evolutionist

plural evolutionists

1. A proponent or supporter of evolutionism.

   Ironically, the argument used today by Roadruck and other designists—that their teachings should receive equal time in schools—mirrors the one employed by evolutionists some 75 years ago.

   2002 April, Steve Jacoby, “Designer Creation”, in Amanda Boyd, editor, Cincinnati Magazine, volume 35, number 7, →ISSN, page 18

   Antonyms: antievolutionist

2. broadlySomeone who believes in the capacity of people to change.

   Aeschylus is in fact an evolutionist as regards both gods and man.

   1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “IV. Prometheus”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 120