survivalist
(-ist)
noun
- someone strongly determined to survive
- 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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