survivalist
noun
sur·viv·al·ist
sər-ˈvī-və-list 
: a person who advocates or practices survivalism
especially
: one who has prepared to survive in the anarchy of an anticipated breakdown of society
survivalist
adjective
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The psychological survivalist thriller operates on multiple timelines: The primary one follows a high school girls' soccer team — the Yellowjackets — after their plane crashes in the woods in 1996.
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Skyler Trepel, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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A fan of retro-futurism and survivalist relics has taken things to a new level, sharing the opening of a 70-year-old can of emergency drinking water.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Editor’s Pick When Drew Miller established Fortitude Ranch, a network of survivalist compounds, foreign terrorist attacks were at the top of people’s minds.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Why does one family send two knives to their survivalist, thus depriving another of a knife?
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
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Skyler Trepel, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
By Result By Alice Gibbs Senior Life and Trends Reporter
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A fan of retro-futurism and survivalist relics has taken things to a new level, sharing the opening of a 70-year-old can of emergency drinking water.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Editor’s Pick When Drew Miller established Fortitude Ranch, a network of survivalist compounds, foreign terrorist attacks were at the top of people’s minds.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Why does one family send two knives to their survivalist, thus depriving another of a knife?
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for survivalist
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“Survivalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/survivalist. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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