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anti-devolutionist

anti-devolutionist adjective: opposed to devolution.

Adjective

anti-devolutionist

  1. Opposed to devolution.
    • Near-synonym: centralist
    Synonyms:
    centralist
    Antonyms:
    devolutionist
    1. (UK) Opposed to the devolution of central powers to the individual nations and regions of the United Kingdom.

Noun

anti-devolutionist (plural anti-devolutionists)

  1. A person with such views.
    Antonyms:
    devolutionist

Synonyms of anti-devolutionist

Antonyms

Forms of anti-devolutionist

pluralanti-devolutionists

Origin of anti-devolutionist

From anti- + devolution + -ist.

Questions about anti-devolutionist

What does anti-devolutionist mean?
Anti-devolutionist means opposed to devolution.
What part of speech is anti-devolutionist?
Anti-devolutionist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near anti-devolutionist in the dictionary

  1. anti-democratic
  2. anti-depressant
  3. anti-depressants
  4. anti-depression
  5. anti-detriment
  6. anti-devolutionist
  7. anti-devolutionists
  8. anti-diagonal
  9. anti-diagonals
  10. anti-differentiation
  11. anti-diphtheric

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