survivalist
noun
sur·viv·al·ist
sər-ˈvī-və-list 
: a person who advocates or practices survivalism
especially
: one who has prepared to survive in the anarchy of an anticipated breakdown of society
survivalist
adjective
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But what was known in 1964 was largely abandoned in 2024, and what was offered instead was a questionable survivalist theory of democracy—one that proposed to erect a shield over one group while providing weaponry to destroy another.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Raimi’s comic survivalist thriller grows increasingly unhinged as their roles reverse.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
But the survivalist was quick to note that his mother often called him the scruffiest person in the room.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
To be unreasonable is to be a bad survivalist.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Raimi’s comic survivalist thriller grows increasingly unhinged as their roles reverse.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
But the survivalist was quick to note that his mother often called him the scruffiest person in the room.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
To be unreasonable is to be a bad survivalist.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for survivalist
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“Survivalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/survivalist. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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