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politicism en · NOUN

Etymology

From politic + -ism.

Meanings

1. A political utterance.
   • […] he had been spouting ill-considered politicisms the previous evening yet now, contrariwise, he was silent. 2011, Jonathan Howard, Johannes Cabal the Detective:
2. (derogatory, usually) The theory that political factors dominate over others.
   • Politicism is the view that all human endeavors are power struggles. Thus, according to Michel Foucault, even art would be cultivated for the sake of power. 2000, Mario Bunge, “Two Unification Strategies in Social Sciences: Reduction and Integration”, in The Problem of the Unity of Science, page 145:
   • IPE theorists criticize some political scientists for politicism; i.e., for devoting too much attention to politics. 2016, Theodore Cohn, Global Political Economy, 6th edition, page 4:
   • May Hobbes's radical politicism (politics above all) and Levinas's radical ethicism (ethics before all) eventually meet at some point? 2006, Philippe Crignon, “Beyond the States. What Hobbes and Levinas Teach us About International Justice”, in Political Practices and International Order, page 184:

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