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survivalist

noun

Etymology

From survival + -ist.

  1. derived from super — “over”
  2. derived from supervivere — “to outlive”
  3. derived from survivre
  4. derived from survivre
  5. suffixed as survival — “survive + al”
  6. suffixed as survivalist — “survival + ist”

Definitions

  1. A person who believes in being prepared to survive and is actively preparing for possible…

    A person who believes in being prepared to survive and is actively preparing for possible future emergencies and disruptions in local, regional, national, or international social or political order.

    • But why would survivalists flock to Pinterest, a site that was adopted early-on by people who wanted to share design ideas for home goods? In a way, preppers are actually the ideal user for the site.
    • The arrival of a starving mother and daughter (perfectly embodied by Olwen Fouéré and Mia Goth) disrupts the survivalist’s methodical routines and hardened emotions. Sex can be traded for food and shelter, but trust has no price;[…]
    • But there are also French “survivalists” who – at least until about a decade ago – shared the drawbridge mentality of the Americans stocking up on peanut butter and ammo.

The neighborhood

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA