accommodationist

noun

Definition of accommodationistnext
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as in collaborationist

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as in compromiser

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Recent Examples of accommodationist Bob Michel, the longtime accommodationist who treated Democratic House majorities as an unalterable fact of life, faded away, and the pugilistic Newt Gingrich ascended. — Ed Burmila, The New Republic, 15 June 2022 Many African American activists had broken with King, advocating Black Power rather than racial reconciliation, abandoning nonviolence, and denouncing King as an accommodationist. — Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 18 July 2019 Ava DuVernay is Hollywood’s current reigning accommodationist. — Armond White, National Review, 10 July 2019 To Douthat Francis is an accommodationist, and decline has reached the apex of the church. — Paul Elie, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accommodationist
  1. collaborator
  2. progressive
  3. traitor
  4. sellout
  5. quisling
  6. turncoat
Noun
  • The company has named the University of California, Berkeley as a research collaborator at its new EPIC Center in Silicon Valley.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The 33-year-old is Sarama's lead assistant during the season and a close collaborator with general manager Vanja Černivec.
    — Justin Robertson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of collaborator
Noun
  • Outside groups spent more than $63 million supporting Haley Stevens, a candidate backed by the establishment, dwarfing the amount spent on her opponent, a brash progressive named Abdul El-Sayed with a war chest some nine times smaller.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Abdul El-Sayed proved that a progressive can win a statewide Democratic primary in one of the nation's biggest battlegrounds.
    — Averi Harper, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of progressive
Noun
  • His tenure was upended by the arrest of Aldrich Ames, a CIA traitor.
    — Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 22 July 2026
  • In reality, the big debate has been about questions such as whether military bases should be named for traitors and whether governments should host monuments to a rebellion to defend slavery.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Definition of traitor
Noun
  • Despite announcing new locations this year in six cities across the country, the AUSL notched 23 regular-season sellout crowds (25 including the AUSL Championship).
    — Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • It was decided in the 13th inning on a Caleb Durbin walk-off RBI single, which gave the Red Sox a 12-11 victory Thursday in front of a sellout crowd of 37,082 at Fenway Park.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of sellout
Noun
  • It is aided in its unceasing efforts to gain more power and undermine our institutions and rights by a Congress in which quislings claim a majority.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026
  • But the president's new FTC chair, Andrew Ferguson, is an outspoken Big Tech critic on X and is signaling the panel won't be stacked with pro-industry quislings.
    — Marc Caputo, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
Definition of quisling
Noun
  • The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But the result is that a fair number of former Sanders allies or staffers have turned out to be MAGA turncoats, cranks, or washed out of politics altogether.
    — Ryan Cooper, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2026
Definition of turncoat

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“Accommodationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accommodationist. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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