Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who advocates or upholds the practice of cremation of the bodies of the dead as a substitute for burial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who advocates the practice of cremation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
advocates the practice ofcremation .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
cremation + -ist
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Examples
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Having recently left his his job at the crematorium Shane opens up about being a cremationist, writing songs about failure and loneliness, but balancing it all with a healthy dose of self-deprecation.
CBC Radio 3 2009
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