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civilizationist

civilizationist noun: a proponent of civilizationism.

Noun

civilizationist (plural civilizationists)

  1. A proponent of civilizationism.
    • Civilizationist populism was first pioneered a decade and a half ago by the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. […] At the same time that they invoke Christian identity, the civilizationists also stress their secularism. But there is no contradiction between the populist right’s Christianism and its...2017 December 6, Rogers Brubaker, “The New Language of European Populism”, in brubaker.scholar.ss.ucla.edu, pages 3-4

Forms of civilizationist

pluralcivilizationists

Origin of civilizationist

From civilization + -ist.

Questions about civilizationist

What does civilizationist mean?
Civilizationist means a proponent of civilizationism.
What part of speech is civilizationist?
Civilizationist is a noun.
What is the plural of civilizationist?
The plural of civilizationist is civilizationists.

Words near civilizationist in the dictionary

  1. civilization-state
  2. civilization-states
  3. civilizational
  4. civilizationally
  5. civilizationism
  6. civilizationist
  7. civilizationists
  8. civilizations
  9. civilizatory
  10. civilize
  11. civilized

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