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rupturist

rupturist adjective: of, or relating to advocacy of rupture.

Adjective

rupturist (comparative more rupturist, superlative most rupturist)

  1. of, or relating to advocacy of rupture
    • At the political level, the priority of the Reagan Administration was to restore the stability of pro-American regimes while actively seeking to overthrow rupturist regimes and contain the advance of rupturist movements...1991, Jorge Rodriguez Beruff, J. Peter Figueroa, J. Edward Greene, Conflict, Peace and Development in the Caribbean, page 43

Noun

rupturist (plural rupturists)

  1. someone who advocates for a significant break or disruption from established norms, systems, or structures

Forms of rupturist

Adjective
comparativemore rupturist
superlativemost rupturist
Noun
pluralrupturists

Origin of rupturist

From rupture + -ist.

Questions about rupturist

What does rupturist mean?
Rupturist means of, or relating to advocacy of rupture.
What part of speech is rupturist?
Rupturist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near rupturist in the dictionary

  1. ruptures
  2. ruptures of membranes
  3. rupturewort
  4. ruptureworts
  5. rupturing
  6. rupturist
  7. rupturists
  8. Rupununi
  9. RUPV
  10. Rupā
  11. RUQ

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