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accommodationist

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ac⋅com⋅mo⋅da⋅tion⋅ist

[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, esp. as a means of economic or political survival.
–adjective
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of such a person: They criticized the senator's conduct as being accommodationist.

Origin:
1960–65; accommodation + -ist
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ac·com·mo·da·tion·ist   (ə-kŏm'ə-dā'shə-nĭst)   
n.  One that compromises with or adapts to the viewpoint of the opposition: a factional split between the hard-liners and the accomodationists.
ac·com'mo·da'tion·ist adj.
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