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associatism

associatism noun: a self-regulatory movement in the 1920s in which community members assumed a duty of mutual obligation to support each other.

Noun

associatism (uncountable)

  1. A self-regulatory movement in the 1920s in which community members assumed a duty of mutual obligation to support each other.
  2. The worship of, or belief in, various entities associated with the divine.
    • Associatism can take the form of venerating trees or the tombs of saints, seeking holy men or soothsayers as intermediaries with God, or putting one's faith in astrology.2012, Khaled Hroub, Political Islam: Context Versus Ideology, →ISBN

Origin of associatism

From associate + -ism.

Questions about associatism

What does associatism mean?
Associatism means a self-regulatory movement in the 1920s in which community members assumed a duty of mutual obligation to support each other.
What part of speech is associatism?
Associatism is a noun.

Words near associatism in the dictionary

  1. associationisms
  2. associationist
  3. associationistic
  4. associationists
  5. associations
  6. associatism
  7. associative
  8. associative algebra
  9. associative algebras
  10. associative array
  11. associative arrays

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