1. Plural of comedist; followers or practitioners of comedism, a Russian philosophical and social movement of the 19th–20th centuries emphasizing rational altruism and the improvement of human life through science and reason.
Usage: historical; primarily academic or specialized historical contexts

Examples

• The comedists believed that reason and science could solve social problems.
• Russian comedists advocated for a society based on rational principles rather than tradition.
• Scholars of 19th-century Russian philosophy study the comedists and their influence on later movements.