单词 | survivalist |
释义 | survivalistn. rare. 1. One who holds a theory of survival. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > remnant from earlier stage of culture > theory of > one who holds survivalist1882 1882 Goldw. Smith in Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 776 When you give a man a lower seat at table,..the survivalist sees in the act a desire to have the force of gravity on your side. 1893 F. W. Maitland in Law Q. Rev. IX. 44 Had the manner in which Coton Field was occupied in 1835 been brought to the notice of some of our ‘survivalists’, they would have pronounced it to be an interesting relic of archaic times. 1968 Encycl. Brit. IX. 519/2 The controversy between the diffusionists, who believed culture contacts to be the main explanation of peasant beliefs and customs, and the survivalists, who attributed them to the processes of folk memory and to oral tradition handed down through the ages. 2. One who succeeds in surviving; one who makes a policy of aiming to survive. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > one who escapes > the survivor(s) of a calamity > one who has the knack of surviving unscathed survivalist1922 survivor1971 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > self-interested person > specific enterpriserc1600 adventurer1648 fortune-hunter1689 careerist1917 survivalist1922 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [adjective] > remaining after others of its kind residuea1382 fossilized1861 survivalist1953 1922 Glasgow Herald 6 May 9/2 They cannot deprive the London Scot of his reputation as a dancer and his fame as the survivalist of an institution so noteworthy as the Royal Caledonian Ball. 1953 O. Caroe Soviet Empire xi. 177 That, however, is what Communists would nowadays call a feudal survivalist deviation. 1978 Time 17 Apr. 2/2 I admire politicians... They're the best of the survivalists. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Apr. 476/2 As historians come to appreciate the strength of ‘survivalist’ Catholicism, so Protestantism seems to be less and less a pre-ordained and natural consummation, England's manifest destiny. Draft additions 1993 3. One who practises outdoor survival skills, or who trains in the use of combat equipment for survival. Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] > specific systems > teacher or exponent posture-master1712 posture-maker1852 jogger1968 survivalist1982 1982 N.Y. Times 15 Oct. a12/2 Soldier of Fortune is a..militaristic publication packed with vitriol and ordnance... It has..touched a nerve with many Vietnam veterans as well as with survivalists who want to arm themselves to the teeth. 1986 Daily Tel. 5 July 23/2 Under present laws, no licence is required to sell or buy the weapons favoured by survivalists, apart from firearms and air guns over a certain strength. 1986 Washington Post 21 Sept. a14/1 Investigators also were told that Smith and some of his friends played survivalist war games in a field just across the Medina County line. 1989 Combat & Survival Oct. 41/3 (advt.) This..is a must for any serious survivalist as you just don't know when you will need emergency lighting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1882 |
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