collaborationist

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃənɪst/ UK /kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃənɪst/ See IPA manual

noun adj

Meanings

1

noun
a person who cooperates with an occupying enemy force

After liberation, the collaborationist was tried for treason.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who cooperates... quisling collaborator traitor turncoat

Opposites

resister patriot

Word family

Related forms collaborationism collaborate collaboration

Etymology

From collaboration + -ist, from Latin collaborāre 'to work together', from com- 'together' + labōrāre 'to work'.

collaborāre Latin labor Latin

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# collaborationist

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃənɪst
**IPA (UK):** kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃənɪst

## Meanings
1. a person who cooperates with an occupying enemy force

## Examples
- After liberation, the collaborationist was tried for treason.

## Synonyms
- quisling
- collaborator
- traitor
- turncoat

## Antonyms
- resister
- patriot

## Related Forms
- collaborationism
- collaborate
- collaboration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: collaborāre
- Root: labor

## Etymology
From collaboration + -ist, from Latin collaborāre 'to work together', from com- 'together' + labōrāre 'to work'.

## AI Etymology
Collaborationist is from collaboration + -ist, from Latin collaborāre 'to work together', from com- 'together' + labōrāre 'to work'. Important recorded forms include collaborāre (Latin) and labor (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a person who cooperates with an occupying enemy force. The wider family includes related words such as collaborationism, collaborate, and collaboration.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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