informationist

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noun

One who gathers, analyzes, interprets and uses information, possibly as a career.

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Meanings

nouninformationist (plural informationists)

plural informationists

  1. One who gathers, analyzes, interprets and uses information, possibly as a career.
  2. One who practices informationism.

Origin

From information + -ist. Informationist and informationism are first known to have arisen in the work of a group of Scottish poets in the 1994 book Contraflow on the SuperHighway.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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