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distractionist

distractionist adjective: tending to divert attention from one thing to another.

Adjective

distractionist (comparative more distractionist, superlative most distractionist)

  1. Tending to divert attention from one thing to another.

Noun

distractionist (plural distractionists)

  1. Somebody who evades an issue by discussing another.

Forms of distractionist

Adjective
comparativemore distractionist
superlativemost distractionist
Noun
pluraldistractionists

Origin of distractionist

From distraction + -ist.

Questions about distractionist

What does distractionist mean?
Distractionist means tending to divert attention from one thing to another.
What part of speech is distractionist?
Distractionist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near distractionist in the dictionary

  1. distraction carnifex
  2. distraction display
  3. distraction osteogenesis
  4. distractionary
  5. distractionism
  6. distractionist
  7. distractionists
  8. distractions
  9. distractious
  10. distractive
  11. distractively

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