Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis;
- Example: "creationism denies the theory of evolution of species"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
creationism
n 1: the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the
Book of Genesis; "creationism denies the theory of
evolution of species"
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
creationism
n.
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.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
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.
[Jargon File]