expedientist

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noun

A person who favors an expedient approach.

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Meanings

nounexpedientist (plural expedientists)

plural expedientists

  1. A person who favors an expedient approach.

    It would seem an opportune time to consider the important future values concerned in a matter of this sort, which are, as we say, more far-reaching than the expedientists' views seem to take into account.

    quoted in 1928, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration from Countries of the Western Hemisphere (page 48)

Origin

From expedient + -ist.

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

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

Chicago

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

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