Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who holds that a certain thing is continuous; as, specifically, that a declaration or prophecy in the Revelation of St. John refers in part to the past and continues to refer for the rest to the future.
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Examples
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Indeed, Romney, who spent some $2 million to sew up today's poll, stood out at the most "continuist" of all the candidates.
Marc Cooper: Direct from Ames: The GOP's Iowa Straw Men 2008
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All in all, being able to dismiss continuist natterings, tell Ernst “have you seen it yet?”
The Greatest Physics Paper! cjohnson 2005
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