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delayism en · NOUN

Etymology

From delay + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A tendency to delay.
    • This is reflected in the go-slow policy and delayism. 1990, M. Habibullah, Growth Problems of a Developing Economy, page 49:
    • But a closer consideration of the technologies involved, and the gap in the deployment of other, more realistic technologies, shows it's better understood as a form of climate delayism. 2020 September 10, Sara Hastings-Simon, “Beware of climate delay, masquerading as climate action”, in CBC: