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retentionist
/ ɪˈɛʃəɪ /
noun
a person who advocates the retention of something, esp capital punishment
Example Sentences
For Minnesota's healthcare industry, an estimated 5,000 open nursing positions have sparked the invention of a new specialty, the nurse retentionist who is focused on convincing colleagues to stay on the job.
Marazziti and the movement he represents have created a patchwork consensus against the death penalty, and, in countries that still have the death penalty, such as the United States—retentionist countries, the movement calls them—it is a consensus that politicians are finding harder and harder to resist.
Retentionist sentiment, both in the Philippines and the U. S., has recently grown rapidly.
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