Amalgamist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Someone who supports the merger or amalgamation of different things.
- 2 Someone who supports miscegenation (interracial relationships or marriage) between white and African-American people. US, historical
- 3 An advocate for or an expert on using amalgams to fill tooth cavities. historical
- 1 Relating to amalgamists or amalgamisms.
"The amalgamist culture of the United States may have been forged by immigrant entrepreneurship and the labor of multitudes, but the nation reached its greatest heights at precisely its nativist peak, powered by a "greatest generation" that had come of age in a culture of closed borders, cheered by invocations of a common national heritage and a shared national future."
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More examples"The amalgamist culture of the United States may have been forged by immigrant entrepreneurship and the labor of multitudes, but the nation reached its greatest heights at precisely its nativist peak, powered by a "greatest generation" that had come of age in a culture of closed borders, cheered by invocations of a common national heritage and a shared national future."
Etymology
From amalgam + -ist. Compare German Amalgamist.
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