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单词 simplicitarian
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simplicitariann.

Brit. /sɪmˌplɪsᵻˈtɛːrɪən/, U.S. /sɪmˌplɪsəˈtɛriən/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simplicity n., -arian suffix.
Etymology: < simplicit- (in simplicity n.) + -arian suffix.
1. A person who values openness, frankness, and lack of social refinement as personal qualities. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
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1809 Christian Observer Apr. 229/2 These simplicitarians..delight in putting feeling to the rack.
2. A person who lives modestly, plainly, or frugally; an advocate of living simply.
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1837 C. Lofft Self-formation I. 71 A man of letters..was in hardly better repute..with those noble simplicitarians.
1894 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Nov. 45/1 We are Simplicitarians... Our notion is that the less complex we make life the more enjoyable it becomes.
1909 Academy 13 Mar. 876/1 It may be particularly commended to the gaze of the spurious simplicitarians of our own day.
2004 J. F. Sherry in K. M. Ekström & H. Brembeck Elusive Consumption iii. 60 The bioregionalists, voluntary simplicitarians, gated communitarians or some as yet undeclared monastic or hermetic enclaves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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