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revolutionist

[rev-uh-loo-shuh-nist]

rev·o·lu·tion·ist

[rev-uh-loo-shuh-nist]
noun
1.
a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a revolution; revolutionary: revolutionist ideals.

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Revolutionist has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)

Origin:
1700–10; revolution + -ist

an·ti·rev·o·lu·tion·ist, noun
pro·rev·o·lu·tion·ist, adjective, noun
sem·i·rev·o·lu·tion·ist, noun
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revolutionist (ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənɪst)
 
n
1.  a less common word for a revolutionary
 
adj
2.  of, characteristic of, or relating to revolution or revolutionaries

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