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suppressionist

suppressionist noun: one who supports the suppression of something.

Noun

suppressionist (plural suppressionists)

  1. One who supports the suppression of something.
    • To treat women always and only as sexual victims, as feminist porn-suppressionists do, is to deny women meaningful agency and the power to effectuate change.1998, Judith G. Greenberg, Martha Minow, Dorothy E. Roberts, Women and the Law, page 1039

Forms of suppressionist

pluralsuppressionists

Origin of suppressionist

From suppression + -ist.

Questions about suppressionist

What does suppressionist mean?
Suppressionist means one who supports the suppression of something.
What part of speech is suppressionist?
Suppressionist is a noun.
What is the plural of suppressionist?
The plural of suppressionist is suppressionists.

Words near suppressionist in the dictionary

  1. suppression
  2. suppression order
  3. suppression orders
  4. suppressiones veri
  5. suppressionism
  6. suppressionist
  7. suppressionists
  8. suppressions
  9. suppressive
  10. suppressive people
  11. suppressive person

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