# cdesign proponentsist

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkədɪzaɪn pɹəˈpoʊnəntsɪst/

## Definitions
1. A creationist.

## Etymology
From "cdesign proponentsists", a typographic splicing of design proponents into c[reation]ists, in a 1987 draft for the book Of Pandas and People when, after the US Supreme Court ruled that teaching creationism in US state schools was unconstitutional, the terms creationism and creationists were replaced by intelligent design and design proponents in an attempt to get around the ban.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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