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preservationist

preservationist noun: a person who advocates for the preservation of natural or man-made landmarks.

Noun

preservationist (plural preservationists)

  1. A person who advocates for the preservation of natural or man-made landmarks.
    • Thanks to cheap storage and easy copying, our digital souls have the potential to be truly immortal. But do we really want everything we’ve done online – offhand comments, camera-phone snaps or embarrassing surfing habits – to be preserved for posterity? One school of thought, the...2011 April 19, Sumit Paul-Choudhury, “Digital legacy: The fate of your online soul”, in NewScientist
    • Last, but very much not least, are the portals of the Ffestiniog Railway's Moelwyn Tunnel. The tunnel's story itself is well told - it was part of the preservationists' deviation required to get around a reservoir that had flooded the earlier route. But the reason for its inclusion here is that it...2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, pages 48–49

Examples of preservationist in a sentence

  • One school of thought, the “preservationists”, believes we owe it to our descendants.2011 April 19, Sumit Paul-Choudhury, “Digital legacy: The fate of your online soul”, in NewScientist:
  • The tunnel's story itself is well told - it was part of the preservationists' deviation required to get around a reservoir that had flooded the earlier route.2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, pages 48–49:

Forms of preservationist

pluralpreservationists

Origin of preservationist

From preservation + -ist.

Questions about preservationist

What does preservationist mean?
Preservationist means a person who advocates for the preservation of natural or man-made landmarks.
How do you use preservationist in a sentence?
One school of thought, the “preservationists”, believes we owe it to our descendants.
What part of speech is preservationist?
Preservationist is a noun.
What is the plural of preservationist?
The plural of preservationist is preservationists.

Words near preservationist in the dictionary

  1. preserval
  2. preservation
  3. Preservation Bay
  4. preservational
  5. preservationism
  6. preservationist
  7. preservationists
  8. preservations
  9. preservatise
  10. preservative
  11. preservatives

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