Additionist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Additionist is a noun meaning (rare) One who supports or implements a policy of adding something.
Meaning
(rare) One who supports or implements a policy of adding something.
Example Sentences
He was, he said, an "additionist"— the fellow who comes along after the historical accounts have been written and adds what's been (inadvertently or deliberately) left out.
They were additionists in the sense that all they wanted was to add to their heritage 'pure' education from the Europeans. And their traditional cultures were supposed to remain intact and uninterfered with.
Word Forms
- additionists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include extensionist, adoptionist, inclusionist, integrativist, incrementalist, expansionist.
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