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SURVIVALIST [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Movements
DEF

[A person] who has personal ... survival as a primary goal in the face of difficulty, opposition, and especially the threat of natural catastrophe, nuclear war, or societal collapse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements sociaux
DEF

Personne qui se prépare activement à faire face à des situations d'urgence telles qu'une catastrophe naturelle, une guerre nucléaire ou l'effondrement de la société.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Movimientos sociales
DEF

Persona que se prepara, en ocasiones de forma exagerada, para una hipotética catástrofe [o que teme] situaciones de desabastecimiento.

OBS

preparacionista: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que "preparacionista" es una alternativa al anglicismo "prepper", y que, aunque no aparece en los diccionarios principales, está bien construido, por analogía con voces como "sensacionalista", "belicista", "tremendista" o "abolicionista".

OBS

survivalista: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que se desaconseja el empleo del término "survivalista" por resultar oscuro en español y por disponer ya del vocablo "preparacionista", más transparente.

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