"essentialist" meaning in English

See essentialist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more essentialist [comparative], most essentialist [superlative]
Etymology: essential + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|essential|ist}} essential + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj}} essentialist (comparative more essentialist, superlative most essentialist)
  1. Of or pertaining to essentialism.
    Sense id: en-essentialist-en-adj-3Nemm3c7

Noun

Forms: essentialists [plural]
Etymology: essential + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|essential|ist}} essential + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} essentialist (plural essentialists)
  1. An advocate of essentialism. Translations (an advocate of essentialism): 本质主义者 (Chinese Mandarin), esencialista [masculine] (Slovak), essentialist [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-essentialist-en-noun-bVHcawKK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 12 88

Inflected forms

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