mergist

From merge +‎ -ist.

mergist (plural mergists)

1. Someone who generally favors merging.
   • 1965, The Education Digest, volume 31, page 19:

     The question is most often asked by the "mergists" — people who are lot unfriendly to the AFT, who would like to see the AFT and the hJEA's Department of Classroom Teachers merged into a unified organization, and who see the labor affiliation as a stumbling block.

   • 1993, Theodore D. Weinshall, Societal Culture and Management, page 153:

     Transideological thinking is beginning to blossom and an amorphous zone is emerging despite the presence of sub-mergists and divergists.

• mergism