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transitionists

transitionists is the plural of transitionist.

Meaning of transitionist

Noun

transitionist (plural transitionists)

  1. Someone skilled at coping with, or managing transition in some, or any field.
  2. Someone or something (such as a country) undergoing transition, e.g. from one system or status to another.
    • Namibian human rights activist Phil ya Nangoloh drew a distinction between transitionist states, which saw a nonviolent shift from dictatorship to multiparty democracy, and self-determinationist states […]2004, Steve Kibble, Futures for Southern Africa: Report of a Symposium Held in Windhoek, Namibia, September 2003, CIIR, →ISBN

Questions about transitionists

What is transitionists the plural of?
Transitionists is the plural of transitionist.

Words near transitionists in the dictionary

  1. transitioners
  2. transitioning
  3. transitionings
  4. transitionism
  5. transitionist
  6. transitionists
  7. transitionless
  8. transitionlessness
  9. transitions
  10. transitival
  11. transitive

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