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survivalist

[ ser-vahy-vuh-list ]

noun

  1. 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

    1. a person who believes in ensuring his personal survival of a catastrophic event by arming himself and often by living in the wild
    2. ( as modifier )

      survivalist weapons

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ܰˈˌ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܰ·a· noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of survivalist1

First recorded in 1965–70; survival + -ist
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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.”

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“Imagine, my young survivalists, the seas rising up the slopes of this ancient volcano. Tsunamis wiping away all that you have ever known!”

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There are right-wing survivalists, celebrity exorcists, environmentalists and a handful of quasi-socialists.

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It is why so many hucksters sell survivalist kits, supplements and overpriced gold through right-wing media networks.

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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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