neoevolutionist

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noun

A proponent of neoevolutionism.

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Meanings

nounneoevolutionist (uncountable)
  1. uncountableanthropologyA proponent of neoevolutionism.

    The neoevolutionists were related to the evolutionists of the past century by their search for laws, their interest in general and universal models, their confidence in progress, and their optimistic attitude toward historical reconstruction.

    1977 March, Leo S. Klejn, “A Panorama of Theoretical Archaeology”, in Current Anthropology, volume 18, number 1, →DOI, page 4

Origin

From neo- + evolutionist.

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