different between notionist vs nationist

English

Etymology

notion +? -ist

Noun

notionist (plural notionists)

1. One whose opinions are ungrounded notions.
   • a. 1690, Ezekiel Hopkins, A Discourse concerning the Use of the Holy Scriptures

     Content not yourselves with some part of it, that you read the gospel, or new Testament, but neglect the old as is the practice of some flush notionist.

English

Etymology

nation +? -ist, from nationism, Joshua Fishman, 1968.

Adjective

nationist (comparative more nationist, superlative most nationist)

1. (sociolinguistics) A language used for the day-to-day functioning of government – official forms, intra-government communication.
2. Misspelling of nationalist.

Related terms

• nationism

Usage notes

Like nationism, nationist is a technical term used in sociolinguistics, and is contrasted with nationalist. However, nationist may also occur as a misspelling of the far more common nationalist.

See also

• nationalism
• nationalist

References

• An introduction to language and linguistics, by Ralph W. Fasold, Jeff Connor-Linton, p. 377

Anagrams

• Iannottis