English edit

Etymology edit

fusion +‎ -ist

Noun edit

fusionist (plural fusionists)

  1. An adherent of fusionism or a participant in a political fusion.
    • 2021 December 1, David French, “The New Right’s Strange and Dangerous Cult of Toughness”, in The Atlantic[1]:
      Longtime fusionists, who are veterans not just of the intense and consequential debates surrounding foreign policy during the Cold War and the War on Terror but also of countless successful courtroom contests designed to expand First Amendment rights in the face of government censorship, might be startled by this news.