transitionist C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process US /trænˈzɪʃənɪst/ UK /trænˈzɪʃənɪst/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun one who advocates or studies processes of transition or change As a transitionist, she focused on how communities shift to clean energy. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · one who advocates or... reformertransformist Word family Related forms transitiontransitionaltransit Etymology AI details From transition + -ist; transition is from Latin trānsitiō(n-) ('a going across'), from trānsīre ('to go across'), from trāns ('across') + īre ('to go'). trānsitiō Latin īre Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Cause, Change & Process Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # transitionist **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /trænˈzɪʃənɪst/ **IPA (UK):** /trænˈzɪʃənɪst/ ## Meanings 1. one who advocates or studies processes of transition or change ## Examples - As a transitionist, she focused on how communities shift to clean energy. ## Synonyms - reformer - transformist ## Related Forms - transition - transitional - transit ## Roots and Affixes - Root: trānsitiō - Root: īre ## Etymology From transition + -ist; transition is from Latin trānsitiō(n-) ('a going across'), from trānsīre ('to go across'), from trāns ('across') + īre ('to go'). ## AI Etymology Transitionist is from transition + -ist; transition is from Latin trānsitiō(n-) ('a going across'), from trānsīre ('to go across'), from trāns ('across') + īre ('to go'). Important recorded forms include trānsitiō (Latin) and īre (Latin). Morphologically, the trans- element contributes the sense of across, through, beyond, or change from one state into another. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers one who advocates or studies processes of transition or change. The wider family includes related words such as transition, transitional, and transit. ## Topics - Cause, Change & Process - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown