examinationistn.
/ᵻɡˌzamᵻˈneɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ɛɡˌzamᵻˈneɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ᵻɡˌzamᵻˈneɪʃənɪst/, /ɛɡˌzamᵻˈneɪʃənɪst/, U.S. /ɪɡˌzæməˈneɪʃənəst/, /ɛɡˌzæməˈneɪʃənəst/ Now historical and rare.
A person who advocates or favours the use of examinations, esp. competitive examinations, as a means of assessing knowledge, skill, or competence. Cf. examinationism n.Recorded earliest in competitive examinationist n. at competitive adj. Additions.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > [noun] > systematic education > systems of > advocates of
Philanthropinist1842
examinationist1856
modernist1856
Pestalozzian1859
secularist1872
Froebelian1873
modernizer1889
universitarianism1889
Arnoldian1904
anthroposophist1916
co-educator1920
progressive1930
Montessorian1934
outward-bounder1961
1856 Morning Post 17 Dec. 3/4 Young Malcolm received a good, though not a brilliant, education—one that would scarcely have satisfied the requirements of the competitive examinationists.
1889 Industries 18 Jan. 63/1 This strange social change instituted by the examinationists, brought with it, of course, the superiority of the examiner over the teacher.
1893 19th Cent. Jan. 73 The examinationists may say, that in spite of all these impossibilities, examinations would discover something, and not be quite useless.
1977 H. S. Wechsler Qualified Student iii. 54 The tendency to associate reform with the certificate system served to intensify the debate between examinationists and certificationists during the last decade of the nineteenth century.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1856