Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An incendiary. See
pétroleur .
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- noun A proponent of
petrolism .
Etymologies
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petrol + -ist
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Examples
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A gasoline tax would (and will) reduce the flow of wealth to petrolist leaders -- who will never change if all they have to do is drill well holes rather than educate and empower their people.
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First Law of Petro Politics: As oil prices does up, the less freedom in petrolist countries
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