deletionist

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dēleō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēlētiōnem English deletion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English deletionist From deletion + -ist.

  1. derived from -istebor
  2. derived from -istader

Definitions

  1. Favoring the deletion of a given passage or work as spurious.

  2. Preferring to delete material.

  3. A user with deletionist sentiments.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deletionist. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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