linguicist noun 2adjective 1forms 3 noun2 •One who discriminates on the basis of language.In this context, it seems to have been a major strategic mistake on the part of militant linguicists to have mounted the Official English movement, despite their rather dramatic gains to date. — 1989 •(old-fashioned) One who studies language; a linguist.Let us pass now from a consideration of lexicon to that of morpheme analysis, as practised by linguicists. — 1955 adjective1 •Characteristic of or pertaining to linguicism.Alternatively there may have been a lack of political will to achieve more equitable and less linguicist goals. — 1992 formslinguicists · more linguicist · most linguicist