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direct actionists

direct actionists is the plural of direct actionist.

Meaning of direct actionist

Noun

direct actionist (plural direct actionists)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of direct activist.
    • Every person who ever had a plan to do anything, and went and did it, or who laid his plan before others, and won their cooperation to do it with him, without going to external authorities to please do the thing for them, was a direct actionist.1912, Voltairine de Cleyre, Direct Action
    Synonyms:
    direct activist

Questions about direct actionists

What is direct actionists the plural of?
Direct actionists is the plural of direct actionist.

Words near direct actionists in the dictionary

  1. direct access
  2. direct action
  3. direct actioner
  4. direct actioners
  5. direct actionist
  6. direct actionists
  7. direct actions
  8. direct activist
  9. direct activists
  10. direct air capture
  11. direct bank

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