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behalfism en · NOUN

Etymology

From behalf + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) A policy of doing things on behalf of others.
    • […] I'm not positively discriminating in favour of black and Asian programme-makers. Behalfism, I call it, always doing something on behalf of others, always being representative. 1987, Michael Kustow, One in four, page 83:
    • Having executed the 'Floods' series, Patwardhan became once more seized by his fear of behalfism: Was he, as an artist, exploiting his subject? From this dilemma, there arose a series of studies of the artist in his studio. 2010, Sudhir Patwardhan, Ranjit Hoskote, Sakshi Gallery, Sudhir Patwardhan, page 25: