Wrong. I never said there was no possible other meaning for "creationist." What I've said is that there is one overwhelmingly common meaning. One exception doesn't prove anything about what's overwhelmingly common.
Creationism noun 1 the belief that the universe and living creatures were created by God in accordance with the account given in the Old Testament
Look at the end of that definition: in accordance with the account given in the Old Testament. Seems to me that supports my contention pretty well--I remember being surprised that you posted it. I was also surprised you posted the 1937 definition, which says "each new form was created by a direct exercise of the Divine power; opposed to evolution." Again, "creationism" = "special creationism."
And the 1828 definition you posted was for "creation" by itself. I'm not arguing that the term "creation" necessarily implies an anti-evolution, biblically literal belief; I'm saying that "creationism" does. I'm starting to think you just don't understand the basis for this discussion, since you're posting support for my position and claiming it supports yours. It's hard to know where to go with that.
What you represented to me was that I had produced no examples of a generic use of creationism or creationist. (Post # 313 - You have not presented examples of a generic use of "creationism" or "creationist.") I proved you wrong. Now you change the criteria. Figures.
Are you sure youre not a Philadelphia Lawyer?
Since I dont own any other dictionaries, I went on line to get some other definitions figuring you would probably come up with exactly what you did.
The first ten:
n belief that God created universe: the belief that God created the universe
. . . . . Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition
n a doctrine or theory holding that matter, the various forms of life, and the world were created by God out of nothing and usually in the way described in Genesis.
. . . . . Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, 11th Edition - no change since 1880
n 1. the doctrine that God creates a new soul for every human being born.
n 2. the doctrine that ascribes the origin of matter, species, etc. to an act of creation by God, specif. to God's creation of the world as described in the Bible.
. . . . . Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. 2005
n 1. the doctrine that the world, life, and matter were created out of nothing by an omnipotent god, rather than that they evolved from other forms.
n 2. the theological doctrine that each human soul is created out of nothing for each individual born.
. . . . . The Wordsmyth English Dictionary
n Belief in the literal interpretation of the account of the creation of the universe and of all living things related in the Bible.
. . . . . The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
n 1. the doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually evolved or developed.
n 2. (sometimes cap.) the doctrine that the true story of the creation of the universe is as it is recounted in the Bible, esp. in the first chapter of Genesis.
n 3. the doctrine that God immediately creates out of nothing a new human soul for each individual born. Cf. traducianism.
. . . . . Infoplease Dictionary - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
n 1. the doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually evolved or developed.
n 2. (sometimes initial capital letter) the doctrine that the true story of the creation of the universe is as it is recounted in the Bible, esp. in the first chapter of Genesis.
n 3. the doctrine that God immediately creates out of nothing a new human soul for each individual born.
. . . . . Dictionary .com
n The literal belief in the account of creation given in the Book of Genesis: creationism denies the theory of evolution of species.
. . . . . UltraLingua English Dictionary
skipping Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia an encyclopedia, not a dictionary
(n.) The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism.
. . . . . Online Plain Text English Dictionary - based on the public domain portion of "The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary" which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
n. The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism.
. . . . . Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
I stopped at something called Rhymezone. It didnt strike me as a real dictionary.
Now cast about. You should be able to come up with something else giving you more squirm room.
Stop the dancing or end this discussion.