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archivism

/ˈaɹkaɪvˌɪzəm/

archivism noun: the art or practice of maintaining an archive.

Noun

archivism (uncountable)

  1. The art or practice of maintaining an archive.
    • By a nice irony of archivism the estate papers of the family were deposited at the Bronte Parsonage Museum, and they provide the basis for this article.2003, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, volumes 75-77, page 189
    • We present fan archivism – or, as we describe it, activist archivism – as a form of fan production. In his recent book on fandom, Mark Duffett (2013, 21) describes fans as “networkers, collectors, tourists, archivists, curators […]2015, Sarah Baker, Preserving Popular Music Heritage: Do-it-Yourself, Do-it-Together

Origin of archivism

From archive + -ism.

Questions about archivism

What does archivism mean?
Archivism means the art or practice of maintaining an archive.
What part of speech is archivism?
Archivism is a noun.
How do you pronounce archivism?
Archivism is pronounced /ˈaɹkaɪvˌɪzəm/.

Words near archivism in the dictionary

  1. archiver
  2. archivers
  3. archives
  4. archiving
  5. archivings
  6. archivism
  7. archivist
  8. archivistic
  9. archivists
  10. archivization
  11. archivizations

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