compromiser

noun

as in accommodationist

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  1. accommodationist
  2. progressive
  3. reformer
Noun
  • 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
Definition of accommodationist
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
Definition of progressive
Noun
  • The reshuffle immediately drew thousands of protesters into the streets of Kyiv and other cities, framing Fedorov’s removal as Zelenskyy siding with an entrenched military old guard over a reformer.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • The reshuffle immediately drew thousands of protesters into the streets of Kyiv and other cities, framing Fedorov’s removal as Zelensky siding with an entrenched military old guard over a reformer.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of reformer
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