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accompanist
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n 1: a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a
piano) [syn: accompanist, accompanyist]
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agonist
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n 1: the principal character in a work of fiction [syn:
protagonist, agonist]
2: someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) [ant:
adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister]
3: a muscle that contracts while another relaxes; "when bending
the elbow the biceps are the agonist"
4: (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a
cell to produce a physiological reaction
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alienist
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n 1: a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of
mental illness
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alpinist
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n 1: a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs
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antagonist
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n 1: someone who offers opposition [syn: adversary,
antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] [ant:
agonist]
2: a muscle that relaxes while another contracts; "when bending
the elbow the triceps are the antagonist"
3: a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another
drug [ant: synergist]
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arsonist
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n 1: a criminal who illegally sets fire to property [syn:
arsonist, incendiary, firebug]
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canonist
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adj 1: pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and
principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist
communism"
n 1: a specialist in canon law
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chauvinist
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n 1: a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his
or her own kind
2: an extreme bellicose nationalist [syn: chauvinist,
jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter,
patrioteer]
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determinist
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n 1: anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to
change their destiny [syn: fatalist, determinist,
predestinarian, predestinationist]
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feminist
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adj 1: of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women;
"feminist critique"
n 1: a supporter of feminism [syn: feminist, women's
rightist, women's liberationist, libber]
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hedonist
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n 1: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures [syn:
hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker]
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humanist
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adj 1: of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism; "the humanistic
revival of learning" [syn: humanistic, humanist]
2: of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and
man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific
method and often rejecting religion; "the humanist belief in
continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas [syn:
humanist, humanistic]
3: pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic
studies"; "a humane education" [syn: humanist,
humanistic, humane]
4: marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a
humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian
reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of
our species" [syn: human-centered, human-centred,
humanist, humanistic, humanitarian]
n 1: a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
2: an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned
with the interests and welfare of humans [syn: humanist,
humanitarian]
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mechanist
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n 1: a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism
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modernist
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n 1: an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles
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organist
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n 1: a person who plays an organ
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pianist
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n 1: a person who plays the piano [syn: pianist, piano
player]
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protagonist
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n 1: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their
supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the
library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion,
admirer, booster, friend]
2: the principal character in a work of fiction [syn:
protagonist, agonist]
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saxophonist
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n 1: a musician who plays the saxophone [syn: saxophonist,
saxist]
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telephonist
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n 1: someone who helps callers get the person they are calling
[syn: telephone operator, telephonist, switchboard
operator]
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timpanist
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n 1: a person who plays the kettledrums [syn: tympanist,
timpanist]
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unionist
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n 1: a worker who belongs to a trade union [syn: trade
unionist, unionist, union member]
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violinist
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n 1: a musician who plays the violin [syn: violinist,
fiddler]
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xylophonist
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n 1: someone who plays a xylophone
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satanist
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n 1: an adherent of Satan or Satanism [syn: Satanist,
diabolist]
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calvinist
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its
adherents [syn: Calvinist, Calvinistic,
Calvinistical]
n 1: an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin
[syn: Calvinist, Genevan]
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platonist
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n 1: an advocate of Platonism
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neoplatonist
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n 1: an adherent of Neoplatonism
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zionist
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of Zionism; "the Zionist
movement"
2: relating to or characteristic of a supporter of Zionism; "the
Zionist leader Theodor Herzl"
n 1: a Jewish supporter of Zionism
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cosmogonist
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harmonist
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illuminist
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indeterminist
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africanist
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sopranist
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tritagonist
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tanist
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zenist
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