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fusionist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English fusion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English fusionist From fusion + -ist.

Meanings

1. An adherent of fusionism or a participant in a political fusion.
   • Longtime fusionists, who are veterans not just of the intense and consequential debates surrounding foreign policy during the Cold War and the War on Terror but also of countless successful courtroom contests designed to expand First Amendment rights in the face of government censorship, might be startled by this news. 2021 December 1, David French, “The New Right’s Strange and Dangerous Cult of Toughness”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021:
2. Someone who studies nuclear fusion.

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