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foodist

foodist noun: a person who is very interested in food; a foodie.

Noun

foodist (plural foodists)

  1. A person who is very interested in food; a foodie.
    • But questions remain... Is it, genuinely, the foodist's supermarket?2010, Tony Naylor, Should we all be shopping at Waitrose? (in The Guardian online)
  2. A person who discriminates against other people because of the food they eat.
  3. (Internet, criminal law) A member of an extremist online subculture and harassment network known for doxxing, swatting, and the glorification of violence and shock content.
    • John: So only through Discord you found a group called Foodists. Was that a turning point for you? / Ollie: Yes... I'd gone from my being semi extremist... I encountered a lot more gore like gory videos, military videos. I encountered a lot more offensive videos targeting vulnerable people.2024, Step Together NSW, Start The Conversation: Episode 2
    • In addition to the Incel or true crime communities, this also includes subcultures such as foodists, Skibbidi Farms, gore networks, Larpercore...2026 January 8, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, “The development of nihilistic violence”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Forms of foodist

pluralfoodists

Origin of foodist

From food + -ist. Piecewise doublet of foodista. Sense 3 is a reappropriation of the term by an internet subculture founded by the user "Foodistzen."

Phrases with foodist

Questions about foodist

What does foodist mean?
Foodist means a person who is very interested in food; a foodie.
What part of speech is foodist?
Foodist is a noun.
What is the plural of foodist?
The plural of foodist is foodists.

Words near foodist in the dictionary

  1. foodies
  2. foodiest
  3. foodification
  4. foodious
  5. foodism
  6. foodist
  7. foodista
  8. foodistas
  9. foodists
  10. foodland
  11. foodlands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foodist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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