Occitanist

English

Etymology

From Occitan +‎ -ist (“one who has a certain ideology or set of beliefs”).

Noun

Occitanist (plural Occitanists)

  1. A supporter of Occitanism; an Occitan regionalist.
    • 2014, Aviv Amit, Regional Language Policies in France During World War II, London: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN:
      In need ofrallying points, Occitanists sought unifying symbols and especially a common language, and therefore tried to bring some order to the different dialects in Southern France.
  2. A student of Occitan culture and language.

Adjective

Occitanist (comparative more Occitanist, superlative most Occitanist)

  1. Relating to or endorsing Occitanism.
    • 2003, Philippe Blanchet, “Uses and images of Occitan: an Occitanist view of the world.”, in International Journal of the Sociology of Language, volume 2004, number 169, Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISSN:
      Its popular success through its local activities is ignored in order to try to spread once more the Occitanist propaganda concerning a supposed gap between the Félibrige and the popular language of the people.
    • 2011, Eric Drott, “The Nòva Cançon Occitana and the Internal Colonialism Thesis”, in French Politics, Culture & Society, volume 29, number 1, New York, NY.: Berghahn Books, →DOI, →ISSN:
      To illuminate such tensions, the article considerers the controversy triggered when one Occitan singer-songwriter, Joan Pau Verdier, signed with an international label, thereby opening himself up to charges of having betrayed the Occitanist cause.

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