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
  • Other progressives politicians should copy the spirit of that and reimagine a winning coalition in their city, state or district.
    Lincoln Mitchell, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
  • Yet in California, even though progressives dominate local and state government, the equity argument has long been inexplicably ignored.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Well, if disconnection is the fear, and this episode is an example of you being connected with friends, with collaborators, what was most exciting or joyful about actually watching the finished product?
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2025
  • In this film by a frequent Jean-Luc Godard collaborator, a woman and a man (Clotilde Courau and Bernard Stamm) throw themselves into a sailing race, which continues for several days and nights.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Young-il’s brother is still searching for the island — but a traitor on the boat is preventing the detective from reaching the game site.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, Jun-ho continues his search for the island on which the Squid Games are taking place - but there's a traitor amongst his team.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • This game should be expected to be a sellout, considering the potential historic moment that could occur if Kershaw generates a few strikeouts.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
  • The Wings announced on Thursday that the game is a sellout.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Erdogan, meanwhile, lambasted Kilicdaroglu as a quisling who is in cahoots with the West and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Kurdish separatist group that both Ankara and Washington consider a terrorist entity.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
Noun
  • Some have likened Barrett to the late Justice David Souter, who was appointed by Republican President George H.W. Bush and later branded a turncoat.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 25 June 2025
  • In the pantheon of Bond villains, turncoats from MI6 have often served as some of the best baddies.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025

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“Accommodationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accommodationist. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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