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causist

American

[kaw-zist] / ˈkɔ zɪst /

noun

a person who supports or defends a cause, especially a social cause.

Etymology

Origin of causist

cause + -ist

Example Sentences

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In his "farce to make you sad" Ghelderode satirizes every brand of causist who ever hoped to remold the world�and manages to reduce history to irony.

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