survivalist

English

Etymology

From survival +‎ -ist.

Noun

survivalist (plural survivalists)

1. A person who believes in being prepared to survive and is actively preparing for possible future emergencies and disruptions in local, regional, national, or international social or political order.
   • 2014 May 15, Colette Shade, “How to Prep for the Apocalypse on Pinterest”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     But why would survivalists flock to Pinterest, a site that was adopted early-on by people who wanted to share design ideas for home goods? In a way, preppers are actually the ideal user for the site.

   • 2017 May 17, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Review: Three Must Become Two in ‘The Survivalist’”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The arrival of a starving mother and daughter (perfectly embodied by Olwen Fouéré and Mia Goth) disrupts the survivalist’s methodical routines and hardened emotions. Sex can be traded for food and shelter, but trust has no price; […]

   • 2020 October 11, Laura Spinney, “‘Humans weren’t always here. We could disappear’: meet the collapsologists”, in The Guardian‎^[3], →ISSN:

     But there are also French “survivalists” who – at least until about a decade ago – shared the drawbridge mentality of the Americans stocking up on peanut butter and ammo.

Synonyms

• prepper

Related terms

• survivalism

Translations

person prepared to survive

• French: survivaliste (fr) m or f
• Italian: survivalista m
• Polish: preppers (pl) m, surwiwalista m
• Spanish: supervivencialista m
• Swedish: preppare (sv) c