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aboriginalism

aboriginalism is the alternative letter-case form of Aboriginalism.

Noun capitalized: Aboriginalism

Aboriginalism (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) A Western view of the Aboriginal cultures of Australia as being based around the Dreaming and other traditional mythology, and thus incompatible with modern society.

Origin of aboriginalism

From Aboriginal + -ism.

Questions about aboriginalism

What does aboriginalism mean?
Aboriginalism means a Western view of the Aboriginal cultures of Australia as being based around the Dreaming and other traditional mythology, and thus incompatible with modern society.
What is aboriginalism the alternative letter-case form of?
Aboriginalism is the alternative letter-case form of Aboriginalism.
What part of speech is aboriginalism?
Aboriginalism is a noun.

Words near aboriginalism in the dictionary

  1. aborigin
  2. aboriginal
  3. Aboriginal American
  4. Aboriginal Americans
  5. Aboriginal English
  6. aboriginalism
  7. Aboriginalist
  8. Aboriginalists
  9. aboriginalities
  10. aboriginality
  11. aboriginally

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aboriginalism (page history and authors); Aboriginalism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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