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human-rightism en · NOUN

Etymology

From human rights + -ism, calque of French droits-de-l'hommisme.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, uncountable) A political philosophy that focuses on human rights.
    • With the notion of human-rightism, Pellet (2000) tried to warn of the costs and dangers of the slippery slope of activism within the arena of international human rights law. ‘Human-rightism’ was immediately ascribed pejorative meanings and used to express different forms of critique when it came to human rights. 2020, Lea David, The Past Can't Heal Us, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31:

Relateds

human-rightist

Translations (2)

pl prawoczłowiekizm (political philosophy) · fr droits-de-l'hommisme (political philosophy)