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accommodationist

[ uh-kom-uh-dey-shuh-nist ]

noun

  1. a person who finds it expedient to adapt to the opinions or behavior of the majority of people, especially as a means of economic or political survival.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of such a person:

    They criticized the senator's conduct as being accommodationist.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of accommodationist1

First recorded in 1960–65; accommodation + -ist

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Example Sentences

Others on the left were, without doubt, more accommodationist.

DuBois is cast as the hero of protest; Washington as the shameful accommodationist.

In 2008 his position and perspective were far from accommodationist.

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