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survivalist
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sur·viv·al·ist  (sr-vv-lst)
n.
One who has personal or group survival as a primary goal in the face of difficulty, opposition, and especially the threat of natural catastrophe, nuclear war, or societal collapse.
survivalist [səˈvaɪvəlɪst]
n
(Sociology) US
a.  a person who believes in ensuring his personal survival of a catastrophic event by arming himself and often by living in the wild
b.  (as modifier) survivalist weapons
survivalism  n
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Noun1.survivalist - someone who tries to insure their personal survival or the survival of their group or nation
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
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survivalist
n → Überlebenskünstler(in) m(f)
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