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peripheralism en · NOUN

Etymology

From peripheral + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A policy of focusing on what is peripheral.
    • The United States adjusted to its interest in defending Europe, but did so with the smallest impact on its existing strategic identity, an instinct toward peripheralism. 2005, A. Johnston, Hegemony and Culture in the Origins of NATO Nuclear First-Use, 1945–1955: