occupationalist

English

Etymology

occupational +‎ -ist

Noun

occupationalist (plural occupationalists)

1. (sociology) One of four categories of sociologist propounded by Horowitz: a sociologist who is primarily an committed to some sociological questions or issues.
2. (philosophy) One who views objects in terms of the time and place they occupy.
   • 2014, Neil A. Manson, Robert W. Barnard, The Bloomsbury Companion to Metaphysics, page 197:

     Finally, the occupationalist thinks the difference concerns how objects are related to regions of spacetime.

3. An occupational therapist.
   • 1934, Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, page 105:

     The Department of Occupational Therapy was opened March 1st, 1927, with one occupationalist in charge.

Adjective

occupationalist (comparative more occupationalist, superlative most occupationalist)

1. Providing benefits to people based on employment (as opposed to socialism, welfare, etc.).
   • 1993, Biranchi Narayan Mishra, Dynamics of Social Security Administration, page 25:

     Social Security, in accordance with the 'occupationalist approach', covers only persons engaged in the specified types of gainful activities.

   • 2009, Kees van Kersbergen, Philip Manow, Religion, Class Coalitions, and Welfare States, page 96:

     The Italian pension system comprised more than 120 separate public pension funds for different sectors and categories of workers at its peak (Castellino 1976) and is therefore an unusually fragmented occupationalist system.

   • 2013, James Midgley, Social Development: Theory and Practice, page 180:

     These schemes are also occupationalist in nature and are primarily designed to protect workers in the event of work injury, sickness and maternity.