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Meaning of "defectionist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFECTIONIST

defectionist  [dɪˈfekʃənɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFECTIONIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defectionist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEFECTIONIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of defectionist in the English dictionary

The definition of defectionist in the dictionary is a person who is in favour of lapsing, backsliding or defection.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFECTIONIST


abstractionist
æbˈstrækʃənɪst
actionist
ˈækʃənɪst
constructionist
kənˈstrʌkʃənɪst
destructionist
dɪˈstrʌkʃənɪst
factionist
ˈfækʃənɪst
fluxionist
ˈflʌkʃənɪst
insurrectionist
ˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃənɪst
interactionist
ˌɪntərˈækʃənɪst
metafictionist
ˌmetəˈfɪkʃənɪst
obstructionist
əbˈstrʌkʃənɪst
perfectionist
pəˈfɛkʃənɪst
projectionist
prəˈdʒɛkʃənɪst
protectionist
prəˈtɛkʃənɪst
reactionist
rɪˈækʃənɪst
reductionist
rɪˈdʌkʃənɪst
rejectionist
rɪˈdʒɛkʃənɪst
restrictionist
rɪˈstrɪkʃənɪst
resurrectionist
ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃənɪst
selectionist
sɪˈlekʃənɪst
vivisectionist
ˌvɪvɪˈsɛkʃənɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFECTIONIST

defeatism
defeatist
defeature
defecate
defecation
defecator
defect
defectibility
defectible
defection
defective
defectively
defectiveness
defector
defeminisation
defeminise
defeminization
defeminize
defence
defence counsel

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFECTIONIST

accordionist
agonist
antagonist
cartoonist
communist
dental receptionist
educationist
evolutionist
exhibitionist
expressionist
fashionist
illusionist
impressionist
nutritionist
precisionist
protagonist
receptionist
revolutionist
saxophonist
trade unionist
Zionist

Synonyms and antonyms of defectionist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «defectionist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFECTIONIST

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The translations of defectionist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «defectionist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

defectionist
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

defectionist
570 millions of speakers

English

defectionist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

defectionist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

defectionist
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

defectionist
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

defectionist
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

defectionist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

defectionist
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Defectionist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

defectionist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

defectionist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

defectionist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Defekeis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

defectionist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

defectionist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दलाभक्षक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

defectionist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

defectionist
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

defectionist
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

defectionist
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

defectionist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

defectionist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

defectionist
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

defectionist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

defectionist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of defectionist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFECTIONIST»

The term «defectionist» is used very little and occupies the 164.005 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFECTIONIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about defectionist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFECTIONIST»

Discover the use of defectionist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defectionist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Organized Interests and Self-regulation: An Economic Approach
In addition, they immediately quit the relationship when matched to defectionist players, whereas when they are matched to cooperative players (position II cooperative screeners or pure cooperators) they stay in and eventually get the ...
Bernardo Bortolotti, Gianluca Fiorentini, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, 1999
2
Panjab University Law Review
3 Nacked Dance of Defectionlst Politics : Indian federo-parliamentary democracy has fallen the victim of defectionist politics and the political immaturity has run from Aya Ram, Gaya Ram" to Liya Ram and Diya Ram24. The two parliamentary  ...
Panjab University. Dept. of Laws, 1980
3
Indian democracy: recent trends & issues
(v) Naked dance of Defectionist Politics Is defection property of legislators ? The Anti-Defection: law of Jammu and Kashmir state was upheld by the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir. The matter is sub-judice before the Supreme Court.
K. S. Saxena, Anil Gupta, S.D. College (Muzaffarnagar, India). Dept. of Political Science, 1985
4
Democracy, Politics, and Judiciary in India
Indian federo-parliamentary democracy has fallen the victim of defectionist politics and the political immaturity has run from Aya Ram, Gaya Ram21 to Liya Ram and Diya Ram.2,1 The two Parliamentary elections have caused serious threat to ...
Anirudh Prasad, 1983
5
The American Whig Review
... Defectionist, Dysst'llabrfication, and Dissylabrfy. Then of English provincial and vulgar words: Scrauky, Scriggle, Scrimption, Scrufl, Shopocracg, Squirearchy, Cutler, Dandyizc. Were any possible reason to be given for the introduction of ...
6
An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary: with an analysis of ...
... diffyg- Defectible, di-ffec'-ti-bl, a. gwallygus, diffygiol, anmherffaith ; aballadwy Defection, di-ffeo'sbyn, ». gwallygiaeth, gwallwg, diffyg, metbiad, aballiad, gwallygiad; gwrthgiliad, enciliad Defectionist, di-ffec'-shyn-ist, ». un yn cefnogi diffygiad, ...
Thomas Edwards, 1864
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Handbook of Research on European Business and ...
Moreover, mutual trust and the pursuit of common long-term objectives (instead of pursuing short-term defectionist interests), enable the participants to establish and to sustain stable cross-border cooperation relationships with a low conflict ...
Leo Paul Dana, 2008
8
Western Democracies and the New Extreme Right Challenge
Thus,after1935, the German Agrariansassumed agenerallymore confrontational attitude, whilethe rightwingcirclesof the Czechoslovak Agrarians still displayed, althoughless continuously, defectionist tendencies. Crucialtodefeating the project  ...
Roger Eatwell, Cas Mudde, 2003
9
Game Theory and Linguistic Meaning
... invading a 'defectionist' population state in a local interaction model Parameter Value (objects, sounds) (5, 5), (10,10), (25,25) Population size. Evolutionary Games and Social Conventions 85.
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, 2007
10
The Massachusetts Teacher
Notelet, Epistolet, Impossibilliflcation, Deathify, To Facsimile, Rumgumtious, Circumbendibus, Cantankerous, Dandify, Dirtpie, Defectionist, Dyssillabification, Scranky, Scriggle, Scrimption, Scruff. Shopocracy, Squirearchy." 2. In its Definitions ...

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFECTIONIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term defectionist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jane smiles sweetly and says: 'It sounds to me like you are a defectionist. You believe that you are defective and that you will never be good ... «Daily Mail, Feb 11»

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