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creationism

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Creationism \Cre*a"tion*ism\ (-?z'm), 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.

Source : WordNet®

creationism
     n : the literal belief in the account of creation given in the
         Book of Genesis; "creationism denies the theory of
         evolution of species"

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

creationism
     
        The (false) belief that large, innovative software designs can
        be completely specified in advance and then painlessly
        magicked out of the void by the normal efforts of a team of
        normally talented programmers.  In fact, experience has shown
        repeatedly that good designs arise only from evolutionary,
        exploratory interaction between one (or at most a small
        handful of) exceptionally able designer(s) and an active user
        population - and that the first try at a big new idea is
        always wrong.  Unfortunately, because these truths don't fit
        the planning models beloved of {management}, they are
        generally ignored.
     
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