Degenerationist

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Degenerationist \De*gen`er*a"tion*ist\, n. (Biol.)
     A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary
     degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that
     savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state.
     [1913 Webster]