abiogenist
/ˌeɪbaɪˈɑdʒənɪst/
noun
- A person who believes that life can arise from non-living matter through natural processes.
- Many scientists today are abiogenists who study how life might have started from chemicals.
- The debate between the abiogenist and the biogenist lasted for hours.
- The abiogenist argued that early Earth conditions could have produced simple cells.