preventivist

English

Etymology

From preventive +‎ -ist.

Noun

preventivist (plural preventivists)

1. (rare) A preventionist.
   • 2009, I. William Zartman, “Risk and Preventive Negotiations”, in Rudolf Avenhaus, Gunnar Sjöstedt, editors, Negotiated Risks: International Talks on Hazardous Issues, Berlin: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, page 112:

     Early awareness is the term that preventivists use to encompass perception, communication, and assessment of uncertainties—elements that constitute the key to appropriate preventive action.