situationism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English situation 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 situationism From situation + -ism.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A school of thought which holds that personality is more influenced by external factors than by internal traits or motivations.
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(countable, uncountable) A mid-20th-century offshoot of Marxism, influenced by avant-garde art movements.
The situationists meant to define a stance, not an ideology, because they saw all ideologies as alienations, transformations of subjectivity into objectivity, desire into a power that rendered the individual powerless: “There is no such thing as situationism,” they said for years.
1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| situationisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Relateds
Situationist International · situationist
Translations (4)
de Situationismus (school of thought) · it situazionismo (school of thought) · fi situationismi (school of thought) · de Personismus (school of thought)