survivalist

(-ist)

noun

  1. someone strongly determined to survive
  2. a person who takes measures, as storing food and weapons, living in a wilderness, etc., to ensure survival after an expected economic collapse, nuclear war, etc.

See survivalist in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
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.

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