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Meaning of "saltationist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SALTATIONIST

saltationist  [sælˈteɪʃənɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SALTATIONIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Saltationist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SALTATIONIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Saltation (biology)

In biology, saltation is a sudden change from one generation to the next, that is large, or very large, in comparison with the usual variation of an organism. The term is used for nongradual changes that are atypical of, or violate gradualism - involved in modern evolutionary theory.

Definition of saltationist in the English dictionary

The definition of saltationist in the dictionary is one who adheres to saltationism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SALTATIONIST


abolitionist
ˌæbəˈlɪʃənɪst
assimilationist
əˌsɪmɪˈleɪʃənɪst
causationist
kɔːˈzeɪʃənɪst
collaborationist
kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃənɪst
conservationist
ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃənɪst
educationist
ˌɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃənɪst
exhibitionist
ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃənɪst
integrationist
ˌɪntɪˈɡreɪʃənɪst
intuitionist
ˌɪntjʊˈɪʃənɪst
isolationist
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃənɪst
mutationist
mjuːˈteɪʃənɪst
nutritionist
njuːˈtrɪʃənɪst
oppositionist
ˌɒpəˈzɪʃənɪst
preservationist
ˌprɛzəˈveɪʃənɪst
prohibitionist
ˌprəʊɪˈbɪʃənɪst
reservationist
ˌrɛzəˈveɪʃənɪst
salvationist
sælˈveɪʃənɪst
segregationist
ˌsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃənɪst
transmutationist
ˌtrænzmjuːˈteɪʃənɪst
vacationist
vəˈkeɪʃənɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SALTATIONIST

salt water
salt-free
Salta
saltando
saltant
saltarelli
saltarello
saltate
saltation
saltationism
saltato
saltatorial
saltatorious
saltatory
saltbox
saltbush
saltcat
saltcellar
saltchuck
saltchucker

WORDS THAT END LIKE SALTATIONIST

accordionist
agonist
antagonist
cartoonist
communist
constructionist
dental receptionist
evolutionist
expressionist
fashionist
illusionist
impressionist
perfectionist
projectionist
protagonist
receptionist
reductionist
revolutionist
saxophonist
trade unionist
Zionist

Synonyms and antonyms of saltationist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «saltationist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SALTATIONIST

Find out the translation of saltationist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of saltationist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «saltationist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

saltationist
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

saltacionista
570 millions of speakers

English

saltationist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

saltationist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

saltationist
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

saltationist
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

saltacionista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

saltationist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

saltationist
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Saltationist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Saltationisten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

saltationist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

saltationist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Saltationist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

saltationist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

saltationist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिठाईवादक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saltationist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

saltazionista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

saltationist
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

saltationist
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

saltationist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

saltationist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

saltationist
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

saltationist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

saltationist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of saltationist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SALTATIONIST»

The term «saltationist» is used very little and occupies the 184.556 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SALTATIONIST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «saltationist» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «saltationist» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about saltationist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SALTATIONIST»

Discover the use of saltationist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to saltationist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Simian Tongue: The Long Debate about Animal Language
If the downturn in the fortunes of the primate playback experiment after Garner's heyday can be attributed in part to an upsurge in saltationist ideas, then we should expect to find later saltationist crestings likewise bearing the experiment toward ...
Gregory Radick, 2007
2
Biological Evolution: Facts and Theories : a Critical ...
Since Thomas Henry Huxley, Francis Galton and the early Mendelians, saltationist theories of the emergence of species have been numerous and varied.4 Scientists belonging to very different biological sub-disciplines have defended them: ...
Gennaro Auletta, Marc Leclerc, Rafael A. Martínez, 2011
3
Charles Dickens and the Sciences of Childhood: Popular ...
The disfigurement of the doll takes on additional significance when it is placed in the context of the novel's saltationist imagery, for in allowing the flame to mutilate the feet of the doll Jenny seems to imitate the process of saltationist speciation.
Katharina Boehm, 2013
4
China's Road to Disaster: Mao, Central Politicians, and ...
104, 106-107; and Schoenhals, Saltationist Socialism, pp. 135-38. During this period the Great Leap process of policy making by high-level Party meetings continued. The first Zhengzhou conference was followed by the Wuchang expanded ...
Frederick C. Teiwes, Warren Sun, 1999
5
Dictionary of Concepts in Physical Anthropology
gradualism, 299; phylogeny, 302, 303; saltationist change, 333, 334; race studies , 341, 342; hominid tool use, 353; sexual selection, 364; species concept, 380-81; evolutionary taxonomy, 390; populational thinking, 402; Lyell, 406 Darwin, ...
Joan C. Stevenson, 1991
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The Cambridge Companion to Darwin
Saltationist views of evolution entail an obvious modification of the general pattern of the genealogical tree. Instead of branches that progressively diverge, the tree will have the shape of successive small candelabras with two branches.
Gregory Radick, 2009
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Evolution from Molecules to Men
An unfortunate consequence is that creationists and their journalistic fellow- travellers have been able to exploit saltationist-sounding statements of respected biologists. The biologist's intended meaning may have been what I am calling DC -8 ...
D. S. Bendall, 1985
8
Effectuation: Elements of Entrepreneurial Expertise
Was Simon a gradualist or saltationist? The example in Simon and Ando (1961) considered the phenomenon of heat diffusing through a set of insulated rooms. As the word 'diffusion' suggests, things happen gradually. But I think this is a case  ...
Saras D. Sarasvathy, 2008
9
Thinking about Life: The history and philosophy of biology ...
He showed that natural selection could explain the whole of evolution, including why genes evolve at the molecular level, and left no place for Lamarckian or saltationist ideas in biology. He also reformulated the species concept, defining a  ...
Paul S. Agutter, Denys N. Wheatley, 2008
10
The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and ...
They will therefore be discussed under these three headings: (1) saltationist theories. (2) neo-Lamarckian theories, and (3) orthogenetic theories (Kellogg, 1907; Mayr and Provine, 1980). Saltationist Theories Early theories that opposed  ...
Ernst Mayr, 1982

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SALTATIONIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term saltationist is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dumbing Down D-Day
If he was still alive, Darwin would have big problems explaining Dumbed Down D-Day. It wasn't natural evolution. It was probably “saltationist evolution” literally ... «The Market Oracle, Jun 14»
2
Urban Arab Sound Clash [Beirut & Beyond, international music …
Klubb KATT Saltationist feat. NECA [DJ] ger oss garage, House, Garagehouse, UK Funk, Boogie, Disco. Tillsammans med publiken ämnar Klubb KATT i ... «MyNewsdesk, Oct 13»
3
Neanderthals May Have Shared Speech And Language With …
This reassessment of the available evidence would argue against a saltationist scenario - a single catastrophic mutation in a single individual gives rise to ... «RedOrbit, Jul 13»
4
The Language Of Neanderthals
The reassessment of the evidence goes against a saltationist scenario where a single catastrophic mutation in a single individual would suddenly give rise to ... «Science 2.0, Jul 13»
5
Ankylodillos and other chimeras — another crackpot alternative to …
He sets up various controversies, but they're all ancient history: he goes on and on about Darwin's work with pigeons, the saltationist-gradualist debates (no, not ... «ScienceBlogs, Jan 13»
6
Peer-Reviewed Paper Concludes that Darwinism "Has Pretty Much …
...it is largely because Lamarckism, saltationist (sudden) mutationism, and inner-driven orthogenesis, to name the most enduring alternative traditions in ... «Discovery Institute, Feb 12»
7
James Shapiro's Evolution: A View from the 21st Century Offers a …
The data are overwhelmingly in favor of the saltationist school that postulated major genomic changes at key moments in evolution. ... [L]ittle evidence fits ... «Discovery Institute, Aug 11»
8
Blooming Botany (3A)
This concerned the debate over saltationism versus gradualism (Darwin had been a gradualist, but Bateson was a saltationist). Later, Ronald Fisher and J.B.S. ... «Science 2.0, Jul 11»
9
An appreciation of biologist Ernst Mayr (1904-2005)
Even later saltationist theories for the evolution of species or whole groups of organisms could be interpreted as implying a kind of special creation, opening the ... «World Socialist Web Site, May 05»

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