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accommodationist
[ uh-kom-uh-dey-shuh-nist ]
noun
- 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
- 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.
From The Daily Beast
DuBois is cast as the hero of protest; Washington as the shameful accommodationist.
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In 2008 his position and perspective were far from accommodationist.
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