survivalist
/səˈvʌɪv(ə)lɪst
/noun
1A person who practises outdoor survival skills as a sport or hobby: a survivalist’s handbook a jungle survivalist...
- The survivalist just loves to go camping.
- Most of these are tough survivalists and mountaineers who live off the land.
- Both men were survivalists who liked to be outdoors.
2A person who tries to ensure their own survival or that of their social or national group: a paranoid survivalist bracing for Armageddon...
- Survivalists are buying armed forces supplies and building bunkers.
- The survivalist believes other people and society cannot be trusted to protect and take care of you.
- Survivalists are preparing for the worst.
adjective
1Relating to the practising of outdoor survival skills as a sport or hobby: survivalist gear...
- They were stranded in the desert for three days on a survivalist course.
- He spent more than five years on the run, employing the survivalist techniques he learned as a soldier.
- Found mainly in camping gear and survivalist stores, powdered egg whites are offered in many options.
2Relating to the policy of trying to ensure one’s own survival or that of one’s social or national group: a creature of habit driven by a survivalist instinct she developed a ruthless survivalist streak...
- Selfish, survivalist world views are extremely resilient to opposition.
- The survivalist groups operate on the basis of the near certainty of a catastrophic breakdown.
- She had toughened up and developed a more ruthless survivalist streak.
