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essentialistic

essentialistic adjective: of or pertaining to essentialism.

Adjective

essentialistic (comparative more essentialistic, superlative most essentialistic)

  1. Of or pertaining to essentialism.

Forms of essentialistic

comparativemore essentialistic
superlativemost essentialistic

Origin of essentialistic

From essentialist + -ic.

Words formed from essentialistic

Questions about essentialistic

What does essentialistic mean?
Essentialistic means of or pertaining to essentialism.
What part of speech is essentialistic?
Essentialistic is an adjective.

Words near essentialistic in the dictionary

  1. essentialises
  2. essentialising
  3. essentialism
  4. essentialisms
  5. essentialist
  6. essentialistic
  7. essentialistically
  8. essentialists
  9. essentialities
  10. essentiality
  11. essentialization

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