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'''can''' carry a connotation. I don't believe that it's inevitable.
In the United States, 99.8% of U.S. biologists are evolutionists. <ref>"evolutionism." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 20 Mar. 2007. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/evolutionism>.</ref>
In the United States, 99.8% of U.S. biologists are evolutionists. <ref>"evolutionism." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 20 Mar. 2007. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/evolutionism>.</ref>
The terms ''evolutionist'' and ''evolutionism'' carry a connotation of unthinking [[faith]] or [[pseudoscience]] because the suffix ''-ism'' is commonly used to designate varieties of philosophical opinion.
The terms ''evolutionist'' and ''evolutionism'' can carry a connotation of unthinking [[faith]] or [[pseudoscience]] because the suffix ''-ism'' is commonly used to designate varieties of philosophical opinion.
Accordingly, many people who use scientific grounds to support evolution
Accordingly, many people who use scientific grounds to support evolution
bristle at the application of these terms to themselves.
bristle at the application of these terms to themselves.