单词 | accommodationist |
释义 | accommodationist in American English (əˌkɑməˈdeɪʃənɪst) noun a person who seeks to promote adaptation to or compromise with an opposing point of view accommodationist in American English (əˌkɑməˈdeiʃənɪst) noun 1. a person who finds it expedient to adapt to the opinions or behavior of the majority of people, esp. as a means of economic or political survival adjective 2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of such a person They criticized the senator's conduct as being accommodationist Word origin [1960–65; accommodation + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, buyback, deinstitutionalize, proxemics, zip code-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: apologist, dramatist, machinist, novelist, realist |
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