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mergist en · NOUN

Etymology

From merge + -ist.

Meanings

1. Someone who generally favors merging.
   • The question is most often asked by the "mergists" — people who are lot unfriendly to the AFT, who would like to see the AFT and the hJEA's Department of Classroom Teachers merged into a unified organization, and who see the labor affiliation as a stumbling block. 1965, The Education Digest, volume 31, page 19:
   • Transideological thinking is beginning to blossom and an amorphous zone is emerging despite the presence of sub-mergists and divergists. 1993, Theodore D. Weinshall, Societal Culture and Management, page 153:

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