Meanings
nounestablishmentarian (plural establishmentarians)
plural establishmentarians
- A person who supports the political or social establishment
Parental approval or disapproval plays a major role in the adolescent thought process. (As one grows older, approval from economic, social, or other establishmentarian sources quickly substitute for Mom and Dad, rightly or wrongly.)
1976 February 14, David Brill, “Suicide”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 33, page 10
Origin
From establishment + -arian, c. 1850.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with establishmentarian
BulgarianvegetarianhumanitarianlibrarianpresbyterianovarianlibertarianMarianunitarianDariensectarianagrariantotalitarianAryanvaleriancontrarianaquarianproletarianSumeriancaesareanarionDariantrinitarianBolivarian
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APA
establishmentarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/establishmentarian
MLA
“establishmentarian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/establishmentarian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “establishmentarian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/establishmentarian.
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