essentialist
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- noun
- /ɪˈsɛnʃəlɪst/
- And all of a sudden people who are anti essentialist become essentialist with regard to this topic.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd one way to one way to think about that is an ascetic might be an essentialist right now.
- And one way to one way to think about that is an ascetic might be an essentialist right now.
- She's not saying that every single woman you know, she's not an essentialist.
Examples
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Beauvoir was said to be an essentialist, positing women as the hapless victims of their biology, and yet also a radical social constructionist for whom women's oppression was entirely cultural.
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OK, so here's an essentialist claim that's often made every year by this thing called the IRS.
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You called my comments essentialist.
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And now I'm going to be your Marxist essentialist for a moment.
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Remember, essentialists don't say no, just occasionally.
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The essentialists and the anti-rationalists share quite a few characteristics.
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Less concerned with allegiance to a national identity, essentialists concern themselves with teaching students how to survive, succeed in their lives, and not be a burden to others.
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An essentialist believes that each species has distinct traits that define it.
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In her lecture, the professor explained why many sociologists are essentialists about gender roles.
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As an essentialist, he argued that there are inherent differences between various cultures.
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Etymology
The word essentialist comes from essential, from a root meaning 'to be' or 'being', and the ending -ist means 'a person who believes' or 'follows' an idea. So an essentialist is someone who thinks people or things have fixed, built-in traits that define what they are.