accommodationist

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Recent Examples of accommodationist Bob Michel, the longtime accommodationist who treated Democratic House majorities as an unalterable fact of life, faded away, and the pugilistic Newt Gingrich ascended. Ed Burmila, The New Republic, 15 June 2022 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, 18 July 2019 Ava DuVernay is Hollywood’s current reigning accommodationist. Armond White, National Review, 10 July 2019 To Douthat Francis is an accommodationist, and decline has reached the apex of the church. Paul Elie, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accommodationist
Noun
  • Her sound spans gospel to K-pop, and her collaborator list is already growing and turning heads.
    Joshua Cole, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • Share the plan with a collaborator, and ask for honest feedback, because clarity protects connection and keeps power clean.
    Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • McAdams has sought to shed his reputation as a moderate, while his opponents have urged each other to drop out and clear a path for Utah to send its first progressive to Washington.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • Lander, a progressive, is leading in the polls in the race to represent lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn and has lambasted the more moderate Goldman in his support for Israel and taking corporate PAC donations.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Keep your actual and suspected traitors closer – the non-loyal, uncommitted, secretive, suspicious, dishonest, deceitful, chronically negative, and regularly undermining.
    Peter D. Banko, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Both groups were accused of being spies, traitors and collaborators, according to the report.
    Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Her fame, fueled by a college rivalry with Caitlin Clark, has significantly boosted the Dream's profile, leading to record sellouts and games in larger arenas.
    Terence Moore, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • The United States advanced to the World Cup knockout round on Friday with a game to spare after an emphatic 2-0 win over Australia in front of a sellout crowd that rocked Lumen Stadium in Seattle.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • It is aided in its unceasing efforts to gain more power and undermine our institutions and rights by a Congress in which quislings claim a majority.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026
  • But the president's new FTC chair, Andrew Ferguson, is an outspoken Big Tech critic on X and is signaling the panel won't be stacked with pro-industry quislings.
    Marc Caputo, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But the result is that a fair number of former Sanders allies or staffers have turned out to be MAGA turncoats, cranks, or washed out of politics altogether.
    Ryan Cooper, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2026

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“Accommodationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accommodationist. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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