eliminationist

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noun

A proponent of eliminationism.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nouneliminationist (plural eliminationists)

plural eliminationists

adjectiveeliminationist (comparative more eliminationist, superlative most eliminationist)

comparative more eliminationist · superlative most eliminationist

  1. Advocating eliminationism; advocating the elimination of a group of people.

    They become more eliminationist in potential when their eliminationist fundamentals constitute a substantial part of a society's or group's culture or subculture. And the manner in which a group's conversations deprecate other people ...

    2009, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity, →ISBN, page 342
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    While often justified as retribution or preemption, massacres are typically “more eliminationist than simply punitive in intent.” As in other genocidal campaigns, and illustrated in the chapters that follow, American settler colonials carried out ...

    2013, W. Hixson, American Settler Colonialism: A History, →ISBN, page 19

    Synonyms: annihilationist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA proponent of eliminationism.

adjectiveAdvocating eliminationism; advocating the elimination of a group of people.

Origin

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APA

eliminationist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eliminationist

MLA

“eliminationist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eliminationist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eliminationist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eliminationist.

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