Dynamitist

/ˈdaɪnəmaɪtɪst/ noun

Definition

A person who adheres to dynamitism; an anarchist or radical who advocates using dynamite for political purposes.

Etymology

From dynamitism + -ist (person who practices/believes in). This term crystallized in the late 1880s-1890s as a descriptor for specific kinds of political actors.

Kelly Says

The term 'dynamitist' is almost never used today, but it's a historical ghost word that haunts 19th-century newspapers and police records, labeling people the authorities viewed as terrorists.

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