essentialist

essentialist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English essential
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
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 essentialist

    From essential + -ist.

    Noun

    essentialist (plural essentialists)

    1. An advocate of essentialism.

    Translations

    Adjective

    essentialist (comparative more essentialist, superlative most essentialist)

    1. Of or pertaining to essentialism.
      • 2020, Annie Jones, “Incels and the Manosphere: Tracking Men's Movements Online”, in University of Central Florida‎[1], page 13:
        Christian men in the 1990’s made their own essentialist retreat, responding to a devaluation of masculinity in the institutions of work and the family (Heath 2003; Messner, 1997).

    Derived terms

    Swedish

    Noun

    essentialist c

    1. essentialist

    Declension

    Declension of essentialist
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite essentialist essentialists
    definite essentialisten essentialistens
    plural indefinite essentialister essentialisters
    definite essentialisterna essentialisternas
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