Home › Words › E › extinctionistextinctionistextinctionist means relating to extinctionism.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, extinctionist ranks #40,784 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom extinction + -ist.adjRelating to extinctionism.e.g.“Hamas has embraced the nihilism of the suicide bomber, of rockets fired blindly into towns, and the nihilism of the extinctionist policy towards Israel.” — 2011 February 20, Harriet Sherwood, quoting Ian McEwan, “Ian McEwan attacks 'great injustice' in Israel”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:nounAn advocate of extinctionism.A player who plays a roguelike game with the additional challenge of killing all creatures to extinction.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.extinctic 77% match — Of, or related to extinction. vs extinctionist →extinctual 76% match — Of, related to, or resembling extinction. vs extinctionist →extinctionism 71% match — The belief that only the extinction of humanity will lead to the recovery of the Earth's environment. vs extinctionist →extinctive 68% match — Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct. vs extinctionist →exterminationist 68% match — A supporter of exterminationism. vs extinctionist →annihilistic 64% match — Relating to annihilation. vs extinctionist →extensionalist 62% match — A proponent of extensionalism. vs extinctionist →coextinct 61% match — No longer in existence; having died out. vs extinctionist →