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speculatist

speculatist noun: someone who makes speculative theories or deals in abstract ideas; a theorist.

Noun

speculatist (plural speculatists)

  1. Someone who makes speculative theories or deals in abstract ideas; a theorist.
    • The very ingenious speculatist, Mr. Hume, seems to wish as well as think, that as death is unavoidable by the political as well as the animal body, the British constitution may die in the arms of despotism.1795, Vicesimus Knox, The Spirit of Despotism
    • The objections of these speculatists, if its forces do not quadrate with their theories, are as valid against such an old and beneficent government as against the most violent tyranny or the greenest usurpation.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 58

Forms of speculatist

pluralspeculatists

Origin of speculatist

From speculate + -ist.

Questions about speculatist

What does speculatist mean?
Speculatist means someone who makes speculative theories or deals in abstract ideas; a theorist.
What part of speech is speculatist?
Speculatist is a noun.
What is the plural of speculatist?
The plural of speculatist is speculatists.

Words near speculatist in the dictionary

  1. speculateth
  2. speculating
  3. speculatings
  4. speculation
  5. speculations
  6. speculatist
  7. speculatists
  8. speculative
  9. speculative application
  10. speculative applications
  11. speculative damages

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