violationist en · NOUN
Etymology
From violation + -ist.
Meanings
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(archaic) One who performs violationism.
The torturers of any form of life torture the life. In this they are not only abominators of form, but haters of nature; and the violationist school is misozoic, life-hating; in continuation of that which it also is, misanthropic, or an enemy of mankind.
1876, James John Garth Wilkinson, On Human Science: Good and Evil, and on Divine Revelation:The destruction of the mind as a power of reason is a characteristic effect of the violationists.
1876, James John Garth Wilkinson, On Human Science: Good and Evil, and on Divine Revelation, page 577:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| violationists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |