Meanings
nounprincipalist (plural principalists)
plural principalists
- governmentA radical conservative.
“The principalists have shown to the people what serving the people really means,” he said, using a word he prefers to “fundamentalists.”
2009 June 8, Robert F. Worth, “In Iran, Harsh Talk as Election Nears”, in New York Times
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principalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/principalist
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“principalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/principalist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “principalist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/principalist.
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