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preventivists

preventivists is the plural of preventivist.

Meaning of preventivist

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...

Questions about preventivists

What is preventivists the plural of?
Preventivists is the plural of preventivist.

Words near preventivists in the dictionary

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

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