neoevolutionist
nounEtymology From neo- + evolutionist.
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Anthropology, Human sciences, Sciences, Social science, Sociology A 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: