variationistn.

Brit.

/ˌvɛːrɪˈeɪʃn̩ɪst/, U.S.

/ˌvɛriˈeɪʃənəst/

Etymology: formed as variation n. + -ist suffix.

a. One who composes musical variations.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun] > composer by type of music

fuguist1789

symphonist1789

melodist1826

threnodist1827

instrumentalist1838

melophonist1847

polyphonist1864

musical dramatist1866

operettist1867

tone poet1874

orchestrator1875

French Impressionist1876

monodist1888

romantic1892

neoclassicist1899

orchestralist1899

variationist1900

mensuralist1901

tone-painter1903

impressionist1908

pre-Romantic1918

phrase-maker1924

polytonalist1925

atonalist1929

dodecaphonist1953

serialist1954

twelve-toner1955

miniaturist1962

minimalist1969

tonalist1982

1900 J. Huneker Mezzotints Mod. Music i. 35 Brahms is not only the greatest variationist of his times, but with Bach and Beethoven the greatest of all times.

b. One who practises variation or introduces variety in anything.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > one who practises variation

variationist1926

1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 132/1 The writers are confirmed variationists.

1928 J. Y. T. Greig Breaking Priscian's Head 66 Mr Fowler..pokes fun at the ‘elegant variationist’.

1981 N.Y. Times 25 Jan. ii. 25/4 Johns is by nature a variationist—someone who hates to let a good idea go while there is still something that can be done with it.

1981 N.Y. Times 2 Oct. c28/6 It works wonderfully well in terms of Mr. Judd's skill as a variationist. Every one of the 10 sections of the work has the same basic set of themes.

2. Biology. One who regards variation of species as the cause of new forms.

ΚΠ

1859 J. D. Hooker in Life (1918) I. xxiv. 484 Thwaites was once a devoted variationist.

3. One who studies variations in usage among different speakers of the same language.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [noun] > linguistic geography or dialectology > one who studies

dialectician1848

dialectologist1871

dialectologer1881

social dialectologist1965

variationist1975

1975 Amer. Speech 1973 48 37 What variationists have discovered is the extraordinary stylistic and sociological importance of such variation, and the apparently remarkable consistency with which the frequency of a given alternant is patterned throughout society and throughout an individual's stylistic repertoire.

1978 Archivum Linguisticum 9 48 Committed variationists..seem to disagree on how variation is to be incorporated into the grammar of a language.

1983 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 28 i. 82 It is not, however, a problem for the variationists, but for those who would arbitrarily reduce linguistics to a branch of cognitive psychology.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	variationist
释义	variationistn. Brit. /ˌvɛːrɪˈeɪʃn̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˌvɛriˈeɪʃənəst/ Etymology: formed as variation n. + -ist suffix. 1. a. One who composes musical variations. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun] > composer by type of music fuguist1789 symphonist1789 melodist1826 threnodist1827 instrumentalist1838 melophonist1847 polyphonist1864 musical dramatist1866 operettist1867 tone poet1874 orchestrator1875 French Impressionist1876 monodist1888 romantic1892 neoclassicist1899 orchestralist1899 variationist1900 mensuralist1901 tone-painter1903 impressionist1908 pre-Romantic1918 phrase-maker1924 polytonalist1925 atonalist1929 dodecaphonist1953 serialist1954 twelve-toner1955 miniaturist1962 minimalist1969 tonalist1982 1900 J. Huneker Mezzotints Mod. Music i. 35 Brahms is not only the greatest variationist of his times, but with Bach and Beethoven the greatest of all times. b. One who practises variation or introduces variety in anything. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > one who practises variation variationist1926 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 132/1 The writers are confirmed variationists. 1928 J. Y. T. Greig Breaking Priscian's Head 66 Mr Fowler..pokes fun at the ‘elegant variationist’. 1981 N.Y. Times 25 Jan. ii. 25/4 Johns is by nature a variationist—someone who hates to let a good idea go while there is still something that can be done with it. 1981 N.Y. Times 2 Oct. c28/6 It works wonderfully well in terms of Mr. Judd's skill as a variationist. Every one of the 10 sections of the work has the same basic set of themes. 2. Biology. One who regards variation of species as the cause of new forms. ΚΠ 1859 J. D. Hooker in Life (1918) I. xxiv. 484 Thwaites was once a devoted variationist. 3. One who studies variations in usage among different speakers of the same language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [noun] > linguistic geography or dialectology > one who studies dialectician1848 dialectologist1871 dialectologer1881 social dialectologist1965 variationist1975 1975 Amer. Speech 1973 48 37 What variationists have discovered is the extraordinary stylistic and sociological importance of such variation, and the apparently remarkable consistency with which the frequency of a given alternant is patterned throughout society and throughout an individual's stylistic repertoire. 1978 Archivum Linguisticum 9 48 Committed variationists..seem to disagree on how variation is to be incorporated into the grammar of a language. 1983 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 28 i. 82 It is not, however, a problem for the variationists, but for those who would arbitrarily reduce linguistics to a branch of cognitive psychology. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1859
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