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survivalists

survivalists is the plural of survivalist.

Meaning of survivalist

Noun

survivalist (plural survivalists)

  1. A person who believes in being prepared to survive and is actively preparing for possible future emergencies and disruptions in local, regional, national, or international social or political order.
    • But why would survivalists flock to Pinterest, a site that was adopted early-on by people who wanted to share design ideas for home goods? In a way, preppers are actually the ideal user for the site.2014 May 15, Colette Shade, “How to Prep for the Apocalypse on Pinterest”, in The Atlantic
    Synonyms:
    prepper

Questions about survivalists

What is survivalists the plural of?
Survivalists is the plural of survivalist.

Words near survivalists in the dictionary

  1. survival weapons
  2. survivalism
  3. survivalisms
  4. survivalist
  5. survivalistic
  6. survivalists
  7. survivals
  8. survivance
  9. survivances
  10. survivancy
  11. survivant

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