spartist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "... At this party, some local Spartists differed on fundamental issues of principle, their collective consciousness heightened by quantities of drink."
- "[...] the Spartists in the new universities when they found that a non- white , a man whose tattoos could be seen so clearly , had been painted in the same classical manner as an English aristocrat."
- "[...] there is a hackneyed line of attack against their kind. They are Spartists, bleeding hearts , do-gooders , limousine liberals who probably live in Hampstead and care more about criminals than their victims."
- "Despite these very real differences, certain common themes can be traced in the writings of those – quietists and Spartists alike – promoting spontaneous improvisation and role-play during the 1980s and 1990s."
- "In between putting the finishing touches to the theory of 'permanent revolution', he even manages a flirtation with the wife of a fellow guest ... and not a spartist gesture in sight."
- "[...] and what a Spartist crew they are — all revolutionary clap-trap and middle class guilt."
Etymology
From Dave Spart (“stereotypical left-winger”) + -ist, itself a clipping of Spartacist (“member of the communist Spartacist League”).
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
Spartists (plural)
more Spartist (comparative)
most Spartist (superlative)