culturalism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English cultural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English culturalism From cultural + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A belief system that emphasizes the role of culture.
To fail to situate gender identity within the context of other systems of power is to risk falling into a form of culturalism or 'associational mode' of thinking where all social inequalities are considered primarily as issues of recognition and identity formation and not as systemically perpetuated forms of discrimination.
2008, Lois McNay, Against Recognition, page 56:Beauvoir herself provides a working definition of “culturalism”: No biological, psychological, or economic fate determines the figure that the human female presents in society; it is civilization as a whole that produces this creature, […]
1995, Germain Kopaczynski, No Higher Court, University of Scranton Press, →ISBN, page 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| culturalisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (1)
de Kulturalismus (belief system)