主しゅ義ぎ者しゃ

noun

advocate; ideologist; ideologue

Refers to a person who actively supports or promotes a particular theory, principle, or ideology. Often used in formal or intellectual contexts.

• 彼かれは自じ由ゆう主しゅ義ぎの主しゅ義ぎ者しゃとして知しられている。

  He is known as an advocate of liberalism.

noun, used as a suffix

-ist (adherent)

Suffix attached to nouns denoting a belief system or principle to form a word for a follower or adherent. Very productive; e.g., 平和主義者 (pacifist), 菜食主義者 (vegetarian).

• 彼かの女じょは菜さい食しょく主しゅ義ぎ者しゃで、肉にくを一いっ切さい食たべない。

  She is a vegetarian and doesn't eat any meat.

noun

socialist; communist; anarchist

Archaic use specifically referring to left-wing political adherents, especially socialists, communists, or anarchists. Now largely replaced by more specific terms like 社会主義者 or 共産主義者.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だいには、主しゅ義ぎ者しゃという言こと葉ばが社しゃ会かい主しゅ義ぎ者しゃを指さすことがあった。

  In the Meiji period, the word 主義者 sometimes referred to socialists.