Evertarian

ev · er · tar · i · an  |  \ ˌe-vər-ˈter-ē-ən \

noun  ·  adjective

A person who practices the deliberate overturning of outgrown habits, standards, and beliefs in pursuit of continuous upward evolution.

"She approached every setback as an Evertarian would — not with grief, but with the question of what needed to be overturned next."

"An Evertarian does not arrive. An Evertarian ascends — and ascends — and ascends."

Of, relating to, or characteristic of an Evertarian or Evertarianism.

"His entire approach to discipline was Evertarian in nature — deliberate, honest, and without negotiation."

From Latin evertere — to overturn, to upend from the foundation.

e-  (out, from)  +  vertere  (to turn)

The suffix -arian denotes one who embodies or practices a particular philosophy or way of life.

First used in the 21st century to describe a philosophy of continuous upward evolution through the deliberate overturning of what no longer serves.

Most -arian words describe what you consume or what you manage. Vegetarian describes what you eat. Humanitarian describes how you serve.

Evertarian describes what you do to yourself.

Not consumption. Not profession. Transformation through the deliberate overturning of what no longer serves — in pursuit of a higher expression of self.

Rising is the result. Overturning is the work.

Evertarianism (n.) — the philosophy or practice of continuous upward evolution through the deliberate overturning of what no longer serves.