fluoridationistn.
/ˌflʊərᵻˈdeɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌflʊərᵻˈdeɪʃənɪst/, /ˌflɔːrᵻˈdeɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌflɔːrᵻˈdeɪʃənɪst/, U.S. /ˌflʊrəˈdeɪʃənəst/, /ˌflɔrəˈdeɪʃənəst/ A person who advocates the fluoridation of public drinking water supplies.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > advocating specific treatments
antidotary?1541
stibiarian1635
iatraliptic1656
pyrurgian1684
Mercurialist1733
panaceist1803
galvanist1805
salivator1834
antisepticist1878
transfusionist1889
opsonist1911
fluoridationist1951
multidisciplinarian1955
1951 Jrnl. Amer. Water Works Assoc. 43 1 ‘Medication’, or even worse ‘mass medication’, has been plaguing fluoridationists almost ever since it was introduced innocently enough way back when.
1989 Lancet 8 Apr. 774/2 Some fluoridationists claim that the review (written by an editor of the magazine) tilted too heavily in favour of the evidence against fluoridation.
2003 Independent 12 May 4/3 I started off as a fluoridationist but it wasn't until I looked at the evidence that I realised how thin it was.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1951- odorizing
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