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survivalist
[ ser-vahy-vuh-list ]
noun
- a person who makes preparations to survive a widespread catastrophe, as an atomic war or anarchy, especially by storing food and weapons in a safe place.
survivalist
/ əˈɪəɪ /
noun
- a person who believes in ensuring his personal survival of a catastrophic event by arming himself and often by living in the wild
- ( as modifier )
survivalist weapons
Derived Forms
- ܰˈˌ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܰ·a· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of survivalist1
Example Sentences
Burke was “a self proclaimed ‘Rock & Roll survivalist,’” the band said, who was undaunted when Blondie split up in 1982 years after the hits “Call Me,” “The Tide Is High” and “Rapture.”
“Imagine, my young survivalists, the seas rising up the slopes of this ancient volcano. Tsunamis wiping away all that you have ever known!”
There are right-wing survivalists, celebrity exorcists, environmentalists and a handful of quasi-socialists.
It is why so many hucksters sell survivalist kits, supplements and overpriced gold through right-wing media networks.
The swirl of cartoon physics and comic melodrama is fantastical and otherworldly, as if survivalists in the wild had access to home-movie equipment to chart their increasing delirium.
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