The term `` creationist '' was first used by Charles Darwin in a 1856 letter .
The first use of the term `` creationist '' to describe a proponent of creationism is found in an 1856 letter of Charles Darwin describing those who objected on religious grounds to the then emerging science of evolution. < ref name= '' Darwin_letters_1856_1863 '' > Creationism covers a spectrum of views including evolutionary creationism , but the term is commonly used for literal creationists who reject various aspects of science , and instead promote pseudoscientific beliefs .
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