accommodationist

noun

Definition of accommodationistnext
1
as in collaborationist

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as in compromiser

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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
  1. collaborator
  2. progressive
  3. traitor
  4. sellout
  5. quisling
  6. turncoat
Noun
  • Eleanor envisioned an observational film in the vein of Frederick Wiseman, and the doc is narrated by actress Diane Lane, a longtime Coppola family collaborator, who reads Eleanor’s contemporaneous diary entries from twenty years ago.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Barker co-wrote the movie with his longtime creative collaborator and Obsession star Cooper Tomlinson.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of collaborator
Noun
  • Trump carried Michigan in 2024, albeit narrowly, and El-Sayed is a progressive who has never held elective office.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Fisher, who is originally from San Martin, California, near Santa Cruz, was an outspoken progressive.
    — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of progressive
Noun
  • Abraham and Szor, both Israeli filmmakers, have been denounced as traitors in Israel, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself has threatened to revoke their citizenship.
    — Justin Chang, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Over in Norway, drama series Rinnan, about the infamous Norwegian traitor and Gestapo agent Henry Rinnan, is also set to launch.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of traitor
Noun
  • But Bryan’s stadium shows have continued to be sellouts, and the artist has remained mostly apolitical as far as taking stands on any hot-button issues.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • About the only surprising aspect of Game 1 was an exceptionally home-heavy sellout crowd.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of sellout
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
Definition of quisling
Noun
  • Worth putting a pin in Catherine’s reaction to Lamb’s callous reference to Charles Partner, the late First Desk chief and turncoat who employed Catherine as his personal assistant.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of turncoat

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“Accommodationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accommodationist. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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