mutationist

English

Etymology

From mutation +‎ -ist.

Noun

mutationist (plural mutationists)

  1. One who believes in the theory of mutationism.
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    • 1995, Michael Nylan and Nathan Sivin, An Introduction to Yang Hsiung's "Canon of Supreme Mystery" (T'ai Hsüan Ching, ca. 4 B.C.)‎[1]:
      The Han mutationists sought to understand the patterns underlying all process […] Drawing upon the elaborate correspondence schemes of Han mutationists, Yang built a coherent and well-wrought system for determining meanings.
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