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amalgamist

amalgamist noun: someone who supports the merger or amalgamation of different things.

Noun

amalgamist (plural amalgamists)

  1. Someone who supports the merger or amalgamation of different things.
  2. (US, historical) Someone who supports miscegenation (interracial relationships or marriage) between white and African-American people.
  3. (historical) An advocate for or an expert on using amalgams to fill tooth cavities.

Adjective

amalgamist (comparative more amalgamist, superlative most amalgamist)

  1. Relating to amalgamists or amalgamisms.
    • The amalgamist culture of the United States may have been forged by immigrant entrepreneurship and the labor of multitudes, but the nation reached its greatest heights at precisely its nativist peak, powered by a "greatest generation" that had come of age in a culture of closed borders, cheered by...2010 March 31, The New Republic, New York, N.Y.: Republic Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2024
    Synonyms:
    amalgamationist

Synonyms of amalgamist

Forms of amalgamist

Noun
pluralamalgamists
Adjective
comparativemore amalgamist
superlativemost amalgamist

Origin of amalgamist

From amalgam + -ist. Compare German Amalgamist.

Questions about amalgamist

What does amalgamist mean?
Amalgamist means someone who supports the merger or amalgamation of different things.
What part of speech is amalgamist?
Amalgamist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of amalgamist?
The plural of amalgamist is amalgamists.

Words near amalgamist in the dictionary

  1. amalgamator
  2. amalgamators
  3. amalgamed
  4. amalgaming
  5. amalgamism
  6. amalgamist
  7. amalgamists
  8. amalgamization
  9. amalgamizations
  10. amalgamize
  11. amalgamized

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