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UK
/pɹɪsəvˈeɪʃənˌɪst/
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[ US /ˌpɹɛzɝˈveɪʃənɪst/ ]
[ US /ˌpɹɛzɝˈveɪʃənɪst/ ]
NOUN
- someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas
How To Use preservationist In A Sentence
- Stahl Real Estate has applied to demolish two early 20th century buildings, but preservationists are firing back, arguing that the 190 rent-stabilized and rent-controlled apartments, which sit between 64th and 65th streets near York Avenue, have played a vital role housing lower- and middle-class tenants for nearly a century. New Spat Over Upper East Side Rent
- One promising profession that's emerging this century is wildlife preservationist.
- Into this gloomy atmosphere came a national drive by preservationists and conservationists to create national parks and forests in the eastern United States.
- While preservationists can provide copious examples of how to deal with seemingly redundant historic buildings in a profitable fashion across the globe, Moscow has its own examples of what can and should be done.
- Bristling at the term "preservationist," the Ramblers articulated their quest in manifestoes that appeared in album booklets, along with detailed song explications, always honoring the sources. Better Than the Real Thing?
- At the furthest extreme of the preservationist end of the spectrum is what used to be called the appropriate technology movement and now is sometimes called the neo-Luddite movement.
- The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association - the nation's first preservationist organization that once saved Washington's estate from ruin after the U. S. Civil War - struggled mightily with this dilemma.
- That shows him to be more than simply the wilderness preservationist he is often tagged as today.
- His concluding chapter forecasts increasing success for plant and animal preservationists in the future.
- In 1995 a coalition of Virginia preservationists, historians and tourism officials came up with the idea and this unique programme to mark out the important sites.