Home › Words › R › recapitulationistrecapitulationistrecapitulationist means one who subscribes to the theory of recapitulationism.EtymologyFrom recapitulation + -ist.nounOne who subscribes to the theory of recapitulationism.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.recapitulationism 75% match — The doctrine that during embryonic development various structures develop that appeared during the evolutionary history of the species. vs recapitulationist →recapitulative 71% match — Pertaining to, or characterized by recapitulation. vs recapitulationist →recallist 61% match — A proponent of recallism. vs recapitulationist →creatianist 58% match — One who subscribes to the religious theory of creatianism. vs recapitulationist →hereditarianist 58% match — One who subscribes to the theory of hereditarianism. vs recapitulationist →conceptionist 56% match — One who subscribes to conceptionism. vs recapitulationist →recapturer 56% match — One who recaptures something. vs recapitulationist →recapitulate 55% match — To summarize or repeat in concise form. vs recapitulationist →