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controversialist
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n 1: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
[syn: disputant, controversialist, eristic]
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evangelist
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n 1: a preacher of the Christian gospel [syn: evangelist,
revivalist, gospeler, gospeller]
2: (when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are
assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament:
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
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existentialist
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adj 1: relating to or involving existentialism; "existentialist
movement"; "existentialist philosophy"; "the
existentialist character of his ideas"
n 1: a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal
responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile
universe as unexplainable [syn: existentialist,
existentialist philosopher, existential philosopher]
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individualist
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adj 1: marked by or expressing individuality; "an
individualistic way of dressing" [syn: individualist,
individualistic]
n 1: a person who pursues independent thought or action
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industrialist
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n 1: someone who manages or has significant financial interest
in an industrial enterprise
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moralist
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n 1: a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems
2: someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms [syn:
martinet, disciplinarian, moralist]
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muralist
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n 1: a painter of murals
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naturalist
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n 1: an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be
understood in scientific terms
2: a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially
botany and zoology) [syn: naturalist, natural scientist]
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novelist
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n 1: one who writes novels
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pluralist
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n 1: a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time
2: a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can
account for all the phenomena of nature
3: someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or
religious groups can exist together in society
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pugilist
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n 1: someone who fights with his fists for sport [syn: boxer,
pugilist]
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racialist
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n 1: a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior
to others [syn: racist, racialist]
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revivalist
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n 1: a preacher of the Christian gospel [syn: evangelist,
revivalist, gospeler, gospeller]
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socialist
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adj 1: advocating or following the socialist principles;
"socialistic government" [syn: socialistic,
socialist] [ant: capitalist, capitalistic]
n 1: a political advocate of socialism
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specialist
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n 1: an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of
learning [syn: specialist, specializer, specialiser]
[ant: Renaissance man, generalist]
2: practices one branch of medicine [syn: specialist, medical
specialist]
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survivalist
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n 1: someone who tries to insure their personal survival or the
survival of their group or nation
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essentialist
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gradualist
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simplest
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