essentialist

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essentialist

noun essentialists

An advocate of essentialism.

adjective more essentialist · most essentialist

Of or pertaining to essentialism. Christian men in the 1990’s made their own essentialist retreat, responding to a devaluation of masculinity in the institutions of work and the family (Heath 2003; Messner, 1997).

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noun an advocate of essentialism

中文	本质主义者
Français	essentialiste

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@misc{essentialist_2026,
  title = {essentialist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/essentialist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}