evilutionist

noun

"evilutionist" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“evilutionist” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A supporter of the theory of evolution, regarded as an enemy of religion.

Corpus desk

Index EN-evilutionist · evilutionist · English

evilutionist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for evilutionist
PropertyValue
Headwordevilutionist
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “evilutionist” in English

evilutionistfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

evilutionist is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A supporter of the theory of evolution, regarded as an enemy of religion.".

No misspelling variants are generated for evilutionist in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of evil + evolutionist. The correct English form is evilutionist, spelled E-V-I-L-U-T-I-O-N-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A supporter of the theory of evolution, regarded as an enemy of religion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how evilutionist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In several large cities I was asked to address secret midnight meetings of high school teachers who feared to lose their jobs if seen consorting with an "evilutionist."
  2. Originally seen as a great opportunity to do irreparable damage to religious modernists and "evilutionists," the fundamentalists found, instead, that it was they who were injured by the Scopes trial.

Etymology

Blend of evil + evolutionist.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "evilutionist"?
"evilutionist" is spelled E-V-I-L-U-T-I-O-N-I-S-T.
What does "evilutionist" mean?
As a noun, "evilutionist" means: A supporter of the theory of evolution, regarded as an enemy of religion.
What is the origin of the word "evilutionist"?
Blend of evil + evolutionist. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list