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preventivist

preventivist noun: a preventionist.

Noun

preventivist (plural preventivists)

  1. (rare) A preventionist.
    • Early awareness is the term that preventivists use to encompass perception, communication, and assessment of uncertainties—elements that constitute the key to appropriate preventive action.2009, I. William Zartman, “Risk and Preventive Negotiations”, in Rudolf Avenhaus, Gunnar Sjöstedt, editors, Negotiated Risks: International Talks on Hazardous Issues, Berlin: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN...

Forms of preventivist

pluralpreventivists

Origin of preventivist

From preventive + -ist.

Questions about preventivist

What does preventivist mean?
Preventivist means a preventionist.
What part of speech is preventivist?
Preventivist is a noun.
What is the plural of preventivist?
The plural of preventivist is preventivists.

Words near preventivist in the dictionary

  1. preventive war
  2. preventive wars
  3. preventively
  4. preventiveness
  5. preventives
  6. preventivist
  7. preventivists
  8. preventor
  9. preventoria
  10. preventorial
  11. preventorium

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