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amethyst
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adj 1: of a moderate purple color
n 1: a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone
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activist
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adj 1: advocating or engaged in activism [syn: activist,
activistic]
n 1: a militant reformer [syn: militant, activist]
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archivist
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n 1: a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives
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astrophysicist
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n 1: an astronomer who studies the physical properties of
celestial bodies
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bassist
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n 1: a musician who play the bass viol
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ceramicist
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n 1: a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and
bakes them it a kiln [syn: potter, thrower,
ceramicist, ceramist]
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classicist
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n 1: an artistic person who adheres to classicism [ant:
romantic, romanticist]
2: a student of ancient Greek and Latin [syn: classicist,
classical scholar]
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collectivist
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adj 1: subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by
the people collectively [syn: collectivist,
collectivistic, collectivized, collectivised,
state-controlled]
n 1: a person who belongs to the political left [syn:
collectivist, leftist, left-winger]
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colonist
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n 1: a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new
country [syn: settler, colonist]
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communist
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adj 1: relating to or marked by communism; "Communist Party";
"communist governments"; "communistic propaganda" [syn:
communist, communistic]
n 1: a member of the communist party
2: a socialist who advocates communism [syn: communist,
commie]
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cyst
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n 1: a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body
structure
2: a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure
(especially one containing fluid) [syn: vesicle, cyst]
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fascist
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of fascism; "fascist
propaganda" [syn: fascist, fascistic]
n 1: an adherent of fascism or other right-wing authoritarian
views
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pharmacist
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n 1: a health professional trained in the art of preparing and
dispensing drugs [syn: pharmacist, druggist, chemist,
apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller]
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physicist
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n 1: a scientist trained in physics
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polemicist
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n 1: a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in
theology) [syn: polemicist, polemist, polemic]
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positivist
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adj 1: of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers";
"positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy" [syn:
positivist, positivistic, positive]
n 1: someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes
metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes
[syn: positivist, rationalist]
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publicist
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n 1: someone who publicizes [syn: publicist, publicizer,
publiciser]
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racist
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adj 1: based on racial intolerance; "racist remarks"
2: discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion
[syn: racist, antiblack, anti-Semite(a)]
n 1: a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior
to others [syn: racist, racialist]
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recidivist
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n 1: someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior
(especially for the same criminal behavior) [syn:
recidivist, repeater, habitual criminal]
2: someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of
behavior [syn: recidivist, backslider, reversionist]
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religionist
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n 1: a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot
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reservist
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n 1: a member of a military reserve
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resist
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v 1: elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies
explanation" [syn: defy, resist, refuse] [ant:
apply, lend oneself]
2: stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something [syn:
resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm] [ant: give
up, surrender]
3: express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the
laws of the country" [syn: protest, resist, dissent]
4: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her";
"stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend
against the ice and snow" [syn: resist, stand, fend]
5: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign
tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
[syn: resist, reject, refuse]
6: refuse to comply [syn: resist, balk, baulk, jib]
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romanticist
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adj 1: belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the
Romantic Movement in the arts; "romantic poetry" [syn:
romantic, romanticist, romanticistic]
n 1: someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality [syn:
sentimentalist, romanticist]
2: an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by
Romanticism [syn: romanticist, romantic] [ant:
classicist]
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sexist
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adj 1: discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's
attitude toward women)
n 1: a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of
women [syn: male chauvinist, sexist]
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subjectivist
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n 1: a person who subscribes to subjectivism
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supremacist
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n 1: a person who advocates the supremacy of some particular
group or race over all others
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theosophist
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n 1: a believer in theosophy
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columnist
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n 1: a journalist who writes editorials [syn: columnist,
editorialist]
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cist
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solipsist
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