accommodationist
adjective
ac·com·mo·da·tion·ist
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Definition of accommodationist
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: favoring or practicing accommodation or compromise
accommodationist
nounDefinition of accommodationist (Entry 2 of 2)
: one who adapts to or compromises with an opposing view
especially
: a black person who adapts to the ideals or attitudes of white people
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Other Words from accommodationist
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Examples of accommodationist in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
In Washington, Feehery has become the face of the Republican establishment’s accommodationist wing, whose general posture is to shrug at Trumpian anarchy and to view the press, Democrats, and anti-Trump conservatives as alarmist. — Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker, "Why Trump Needs an Enemy," 17 Feb. 2017 Nashville is home to deeply ambitious country music centrists, accommodationist lifers, would-be outlaws, actual outlaws, and also to Mr. Simpson, who, despite some shared DNA here and there, is not any of those things. — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, "with the headline: A Genuine Alternative to Alt Country.," 31 Mar. 2016Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Many African American activists had broken with King, advocating Black Power rather than racial reconciliation, abandoning nonviolence, and denouncing King as an accommodationist. — Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, "Race, History, and Memories of a Virginia Girlhood," 18 July 2019 Ava DuVernay is Hollywood’s current reigning accommodationist. — Armond White, National Review, "The New York Times’ Black-Film Roundtable Ignores Black American Excellence," 10 July 2019 Many African American activists had broken with King, advocating Black Power rather than racial reconciliation, abandoning nonviolence, and denouncing King as an accommodationist. — Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, "Race, History, and Memories of a Virginia Girlhood," 18 July 2019 Ava DuVernay is Hollywood’s current reigning accommodationist. — Armond White, National Review, "The New York Times’ Black-Film Roundtable Ignores Black American Excellence," 10 July 2019 To Douthat Francis is an accommodationist, and decline has reached the apex of the church. — Paul Elie, New York Times, "A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation," 9 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'accommodationist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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