Programmist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who supports a programme or schedule, especially politically.

    "But these first theorists and programmists of communism, who conceived their programmes after the fashion of an economic enterprise, a hygienic reform, or an educational institution[…]"

  2. 2
    A composer of program music.

    "the leit-motif, that much-vaunted invention of programmists"

Example

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"But these first theorists and programmists of communism, who conceived their programmes after the fashion of an economic enterprise, a hygienic reform, or an educational institution[…]"

Etymology

From programme + -ist.

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