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evilist

evilist noun: an evil person; one who performs evil acts or promotes an evil ideology.

Noun

evilist (plural evilists)

  1. (rare) An evil person; one who performs evil acts or promotes an evil ideology.
    • To the evilists he is cold, pitiless, and insatiable. He seems to be justice incarnate.1910, Thomas Dreier, Heroes of Insurgency, page 82
    • Louie Leppedimay was getting dried out; thirsty from the excitement of maybe working for a company that ran evilists into the gaping jaws of justice.2009, Steven S. Schneiderman, Wastelanders, page 72
  2. One who studies or believes in evil.
    • William Golding is held to be the arch-evilist. His declared aim is to reveal the human potential for wickedness so as to arm man against his own worst self.1987, ZAA - Volumes 35-36, page 10
    • The Evilist School. In contrast with the Chinese Locke who maintains human nature is good and pure, there was a Chinese Hobbes, Hsun Tze.1922, The Sphere of the National Government in Judicial Administration in China, page 8

Examples of evilist in a sentence

  • Practically speaking—that evilists should go down with the ship, […] great long letter you mistake me for an evilist because I am no longer a professed dovist.2010(?), Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters, Penguin
  • The evilists will be punished most harshly.2019, O.Y. ven Ghaydle, America and the Entire World Need YOU to Know to Spread the Word:
  • The hypothetical evilist, on the other hand, does not.2020, Joe Milburn, Evilism and the a priori:

Forms of evilist

pluralevilists

Origin of evilist

From evil + -ist. Piecewise doublet of evilista.

Questions about evilist

What does evilist mean?
Evilist means an evil person; one who performs evil acts or promotes an evil ideology.
How do you use evilist in a sentence?
Practically speaking—that evilists should go down with the ship, […] great long letter you mistake me for an evilist because I am no longer a professed dovist.
What part of speech is evilist?
Evilist is a noun.
What is the plural of evilist?
The plural of evilist is evilists.

Words near evilist in the dictionary

  1. evilfare
  2. evilfavouredness
  3. evilhearted
  4. evilhood
  5. evilish
  6. evilist
  7. evilista
  8. evilistas
  9. evilists
  10. evilities
  11. evility

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