essentialist

noun, adj — 2 senses

essentialist

noun

Etymology From essential + -ist.

1

An advocate of essentialism.

essentialist

adj

Etymology From essential + -ist.

1

Of or pertaining to essentialism.

  • 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).2020, Annie Jones, “Incels and the Manosphere: Tracking Men's Movements Online”, in University of Central Florida, page 13:
Derived terms
antiessentialist, bioessentialist, nonessentialist

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