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compartmentalist

compartmentalist noun: a person who has a tendency to compartmentalise.

Noun

compartmentalist (plural compartmentalists)

  1. A person who has a tendency to compartmentalise

Forms of compartmentalist

pluralcompartmentalists

Origin of compartmentalist

From compartmental + -ist.

Questions about compartmentalist

What does compartmentalist mean?
Compartmentalist means a person who has a tendency to compartmentalise.
What part of speech is compartmentalist?
Compartmentalist is a noun.
What is the plural of compartmentalist?
The plural of compartmentalist is compartmentalists.

Words near compartmentalist in the dictionary

  1. compartmentalise
  2. compartmentalised
  3. compartmentalises
  4. compartmentalising
  5. compartmentalism
  6. compartmentalist
  7. compartmentalists
  8. compartmentalizable
  9. compartmentalization
  10. compartmentalizations
  11. compartmentalize

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