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Definition of Diversionist
1. Noun. Someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks.
Exact synonyms: Saboteur, Wrecker
Generic synonyms: Destroyer, Ruiner, Undoer, Uprooter, Waster
Specialized synonyms: Sleeper
Derivative terms: Diversion, Wreck
Generic synonyms: Destroyer, Ruiner, Undoer, Uprooter, Waster
Specialized synonyms: Sleeper
Derivative terms: Diversion, Wreck
Definition of Diversionist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diversionist
Literary usage of Diversionist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Buried Ideal by Charles Lawson (1914)
"our shrewd diversionist exclaims with copious contempt ; " throws away its
birthright and the whole worth of its being! " Well, that is tragic if the fact; ..."
2. The Harmon Memorial Lectures in Military History, 1959-1987: A Collection of by Harry R. Borowski (1988)
"... he continued to show what his staff regarded as diversionist tendencies.
When the invasion of North Africa proved successful, he could hardly repress a ..."
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