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destructionist

[ dih-struhk-shuh-nist ]

noun

  1. an advocate of the destruction of an existing political institution or the like.


destructionist

/ ɪˈٰʌʃəɪ /

noun

  1. a person who believes in destruction, esp of social institutions
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of destructionist1

First recorded in 1800–10; destruction + -ist
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“You can’t ask me to pick only one. That’s so Sophie’s Choice. Kathleen Hanna. Patti Smith. Joan Jett. Courtney Love, in her demented destructionist way. Lucinda Williams, even though she’s country she’s tough as nails. Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth, pushing fifty and still at it. That Cat Power woman. Joan Armatrading. Why, is this some kind of social-studies project?”

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One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.

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At the end of it the destructionist drove his hat on with a smack of his big palm and strode out, sullen but plainly convinced.

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Since Molotov was tougher and more plainly destructionist than he had to be, the Russian helped Marshall make his point.

The people regarded Bellomont as a sincere and ardent reformer, but the landed men and their following abused him as a meddler and destructionist.

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