collaborationist

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noun

col·​lab·​o·​ra·​tion·​ist kə-ˌla-bə-ˈrā-sh(ə-)nist 

plural collaborationists

: one who advocates or practices collaboration with an enemy (such as an invader or part of an occupying force) or with some other group opposed or antagonistic to his or her own

punishment for collaborationists after the liberation

collaborationist

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adjective

col·​lab·​o·​ra·​tion·​ist kə-ˌla-bə-ˈrā-sh(ə-)nist 

: of or relating to a collaborationist

the collaborationist tricks by which the success of the occupation was assured

—Ann F. Wolfe

Word History

Etymology

Noun

collaboration + -ist

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Rhymes for collaborationist

• assimilationist
• conservationist
• educationist
• integrationist
• isolationist
• segregationist
• creationist