fusionism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English fusion 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 fusionism From fusion + -ism.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The political practice, principle or theory of forming groups.
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(US, uncountable) A political philosophy advocating fusion of traditionalist social conservatism with right-libertarianism.
But it means being open to the possibility that the old fusionism, battered and bruised as it is, may still hold as much promise for the advancement of libertarian policy goals as "liberaltarianism" ever will.
2009 February 13, Ross Douthat, “The Future of Liberaltarianism (II)”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2016: