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eliminationist

eliminationist noun: a proponent of eliminationism.

Noun

eliminationist (plural eliminationists)

  1. A proponent of eliminationism.
    Synonyms:
    annihilationist

Adjective

eliminationist (comparative more eliminationist, superlative most eliminationist)

  1. Advocating eliminationism; advocating the elimination of a group of people.
    • They become more eliminationist in potential when their eliminationist fundamentals constitute a substantial part of a society's or group's culture or subculture. And the manner in which a group's conversations deprecate other people ...2009, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity, →ISBN, page 342
    • While often justified as retribution or preemption, massacres are typically “more eliminationist than simply punitive in intent.” As in other genocidal campaigns, and illustrated in the chapters that follow, American settler colonials carried out ...2013, W. Hixson, American Settler Colonialism: A History, →ISBN, page 19
    Synonyms:
    annihilationist

Synonyms of eliminationist

Forms of eliminationist

Noun
pluraleliminationists
Adjective
comparativemore eliminationist
superlativemost eliminationist

Origin of eliminationist

From elimination + -ist.

Questions about eliminationist

What does eliminationist mean?
Eliminationist means a proponent of eliminationism.
What part of speech is eliminationist?
Eliminationist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of eliminationist?
The plural of eliminationist is eliminationists.

Words near eliminationist in the dictionary

  1. elimination questions
  2. elimination reaction
  3. elimination reactions
  4. elimination round
  5. eliminationism
  6. eliminationist
  7. eliminationists
  8. eliminations
  9. eliminative
  10. eliminative behaviorism
  11. eliminative behaviourism

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