Usually means: Belief in preexisting, miniature organisms.
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  2. preformationist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preformationist: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. preformationist: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. preformationist: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. preformationist: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (biology, historical) A proponent of the theory of preformationism.

Similar:
preformationism, preformism, preformist, predestinationist, predestinator, predestinationism, predestinarian, preterist, predelineation, prepatterning, more...

Opposite:
epigenesist, emergentist, developmentalist

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Similar:
preformationism, preformism, preformist, predestinationist, predestinator, predestinationism, predestinarian, preterist, predelineation, prepatterning, more...

Opposite:
epigenesist, emergentist, developmentalist



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