evilutionist

English

Etymology

Blend of evil +‎ evolutionist

Noun

evilutionist (plural evilutionists)

1. (rare, nonstandard, derogatory) A supporter of the theory of evolution, regarded as an enemy of religion.
   • 1951, Charles Francis Potter, The Preacher and I: An Autobiography, page 319:

     In several large cities I was asked to address secret midnight meetings of high school teachers who feared to lose their jobs if seen consorting with an "evilutionist."

   • 1978, James Edward Sayer, Clarence Darrow: public advocate, page 64:

     Originally seen as a great opportunity to do irreparable damage to religious modernists and "evilutionists," the fundamentalists found, instead, that it was they who were injured by the Scopes trial.

   • 2000, Ron Carlson, Common Sense, Nonsense, Or Church Sense, page 112:

     I is^[sic] suspicious that many contemporary evilutionists cling to their theory with such tenacity because they don't want to deal with the Ultimate Reality or Truth.

   • 2002, Brian Regal, Henry Fairfield Osborn, page 173:

     The Christian Right too must have felt quizzical gratitude for this 'evilutionist' who, as they did, said man did not come from monkeys.

Related terms

• evilution