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violationist

violationist noun: one who performs violationism.

Noun

violationist (plural violationists)

  1. (archaic) One who performs violationism.
    • The torturers of any form of life torture the life. In this they are not only abominators of form, but haters of nature; and the violationist school is misozoic, life-hating; in continuation of that which it also is, misanthropic, or an enemy of mankind.1876, James John Garth Wilkinson, On Human Science: Good and Evil, and on Divine Revelation
    • The destruction of the mind as a power of reason is a characteristic effect of the violationists.1876, James John Garth Wilkinson, On Human Science: Good and Evil, and on Divine Revelation, page 577

Forms of violationist

pluralviolationists

Origin of violationist

From violation + -ist.

Questions about violationist

What does violationist mean?
Violationist means one who performs violationism.
What part of speech is violationist?
Violationist is a noun.
What is the plural of violationist?
The plural of violationist is violationists.

Words near violationist in the dictionary

  1. violateth
  2. violating
  3. violation
  4. violational
  5. violationism
  6. violationist
  7. violationists
  8. violations
  9. violative
  10. violatively
  11. violator

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