Word.ws English Dictionary

backwardism

backwardism noun: the state of being backward, or going against progress; backwardness.

Noun

backwardism (uncountable)

  1. The state of being backward, or going against progress; backwardness.
    • Backwardism of American Socialism1912, James Boyle, What is Socialism?, page 176

Origin of backwardism

From backward + -ism.

Questions about backwardism

What does backwardism mean?
Backwardism means the state of being backward, or going against progress; backwardness.
What part of speech is backwardism?
Backwardism is a noun.

Words near backwardism in the dictionary

  1. backwardations
  2. backwarded
  3. backwarder
  4. backwarders
  5. backwarding
  6. backwardism
  7. backwardly
  8. backwardmost
  9. backwardness
  10. backwardnesses
  11. backwards

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: backwardism (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “backwardism.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/backwardism. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.