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earthist

earthist noun: a proponent of earthism.

Noun

earthist (plural earthists)

  1. A proponent of earthism.
    • Enormous amounts of background work had been done, much of it by earthists, who presented well-reasoned proposals to implement some of their agenda.1994, John B. Cobb, Sustaining the Common Good
    • Polls taken in the late 1990s indicate that 40 million United States citizens, up from roughly 10 million in the 1970s, might be called "earthists."2000, William Kittredge, The nature of generosity, page 226
  2. An advocate for people who live on earth, as opposed to those on other planets.
    • He moved forward, determinedly trampling on people's feet. "Make way for an earthist," he called out in a polite but ringing tone.1967, Maggi Lidchi, Maggi Lidchi-Grassi, Earthman, page 10
    • We cannot protect the planet Mars against our enemies from the Earth if we permit these Earthists to flourish in our midst.1970 -, William Whyte Watt, An American rhetoric, page 282
  3. (in-compounds) One who believes the earth has a specific property or history.
    • 'Young earthists' will complain I have skimped their case.1987, Michael Pitman, Adam and evolution: a scientific critique of neo-Darwinism, →ISBN, page 238
    • (It is as if Geography departments had been taken over by flat earthists, Biology by disciples of Lombroso, or Astronomy departments by the persecutors of Galileo).1996, Peter Collier, David Horowitz, Surviving the PC University: The Best of Heterodoxy, →ISBN, page 16

Adjective

earthist (comparative more earthist, superlative most earthist)

  1. Pertaining to earthism.
    • This is why theologian John Cobb, in what he calls the Earthist challenge, says somewhat startlingly: Earth is a far more inclusive and suitable object of devotion than Christianity, a nation, or economic growth...2000, Norman C. Habel, Shirley Wurst, Earth Story in Genesis, →ISBN, page 11
    • People with earthist sentiments are getting wind into their sails worldwide; they are likely to command enormous political power in coming decades — without, one hopes, evolving into bureaucracies.2000, William Kittredge, The nature of generosity, page 226

Examples of earthist in a sentence

  • Its time the 'earthists' grew up and faced reality.2007 September 14, Bonzo, “Poppycock Coppock.”, in alt.global-warming (Usenet):
  • If a way could be found of detecting the enemy vessels at a great distance, the hollow-earthists argued, it would enable the German navy to take action at once.2010, Michael FitzGerald, Hitler's Occult War, page 77:

Forms of earthist

Noun
pluralearthists
Adjective
comparativemore earthist
superlativemost earthist

Questions about earthist

What does earthist mean?
Earthist means a proponent of earthism.
How do you use earthist in a sentence?
Its time the 'earthists' grew up and faced reality.
What part of speech is earthist?
Earthist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of earthist?
The plural of earthist is earthists.

Words near earthist in the dictionary

  1. earthing
  2. earthing up
  3. earthings
  4. earthish
  5. earthism
  6. earthist
  7. earthists
  8. Earthite
  9. Earthites
  10. earthkin
  11. earthkins

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