collaborationist
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- collaborationism noun
- noncollaborationist noun
Etymology
Origin of collaborationist
First recorded in 1920–25; collaboration + -ist
Example Sentences
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Weirdly, he had persuaded Stein to translate the speeches of Philippe Pétain, the leader of the collaborationist Vichy regime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Even François Mitterrand, who became French president during the 1980s, had a collaborationist past.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024
Popular with the youth, such balls or parties were forbidden on French territory by the collaborationist Vichy regime.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2022
She became a French citizen after her marriage in 1937 to industrialist Jean Lion, a Jewish man who later suffered from anti-Semitic laws of the collaborationist Vichy regime.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2021
Still, in what possible world do you turn the sauna cabin of a collaborationist leader into a tourist destination?
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2021
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