"absorptionist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: absorptionists [plural]
Etymology: absorption + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|absorption|ist}} absorption + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} absorptionist (plural absorptionists)
  1. A proponent of absorptionism; one supporting a policy of assimilation.
    Sense id: en-absorptionist-en-noun-YPpgvGgi
  2. (medicine, historical) One who believed in a certain theory of infectious diseases. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-absorptionist-en-noun-uXrpThe8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 34 66 Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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