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insultants

insultants is the plural of insultant.

Meaning of insultant

Noun (1)

insultant (plural insultants)

  1. (colloquial) A consultant who is willing to criticise the organisation that they work for.
    • As a consultant, he has specialized in strategy and policy for businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies around the globe. He is perhaps most famous for his direct criticisms of management, acknowledging that clients consider him a management "insultant."2004, William R. Childs, Scott B. Martin, Wanda Stitt-Gohdes, Business and Industry: Corporate governance to entrepreneurship

Noun (2)

insultant (plural insultants)

  1. (rare) One who delivers an insult.
    • The insult is one of the highest art forms. It is a form of minimalism, like the minimalism of an abstract artist. The one who insults is an insultant who, rather than use a canvas, uses another person. The insultant draws lines on a person to reduce them to the person they see and want others to...2013, Claudis Weyser, The Diary of an Aphorisiac

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Questions about insultants

What is insultants the plural of?
Insultants is the plural of insultant.

Words near insultants in the dictionary

  1. insult one's intelligence
  2. insult to injury
  3. insultability
  4. insultable
  5. insultant
  6. insultants
  7. insultathon
  8. insultathons
  9. insultation
  10. insultations
  11. insultative

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