Home › Words › I › informationistinformationistinformationist means one who gathers, analyzes, interprets and uses information, possibly as a career.EtymologyFrom information + -ist. Informationist and informationism are first known to have arisen in the work of a group of Scottish poets in the 1994 book Contraflow on the SuperHighway.nounOne who gathers, analyzes, interprets and uses information, possibly as a career.One who practices informationism.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.infomaniac 64% match — A person who is very keen to acquire information. vs informationist →infovore 62% match — A person who indulges in and desires information gathering and interpretation. vs informationist →informationism 62% match — A significant ideology that information has power when disseminated. vs informationist →infocrat 58% match — A leader in an infocracy; one who controls the flow of information. vs informationist →interactionist 57% match — One who studies or subscribes to interactionism. vs informationist →infoholic 55% match — A person who has an insatiable desire for news and information, especially when obtained online. vs informationist →infonaut 55% match — One who navigates the information superhighway; an Internet user. vs informationist →disinformationist 55% match — One who propagates disinformation. vs informationist →