"variationist" meaning in All languages combined

See variationist on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: variation + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|variation|ist}} variation + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} variationist (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) Focused on synchronic or historical variation in the forms of language used Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-variationist-en-adj-BUAwJBOC Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun [English]

Forms: variationists [plural]
Etymology: variation + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|variation|ist}} variation + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} variationist (plural variationists)
  1. (linguistics) A person who studies variation in usage among speakers of the same language Categories (topical): Linguistics, People, Sociolinguistics
    Sense id: en-variationist-en-noun-KkS7KXHB Disambiguation of People: 26 74 Disambiguation of Sociolinguistics: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 19 81 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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