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behalfism

behalfism noun: a policy of doing things on behalf of others.

Noun

behalfism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A policy of doing things on behalf of others.
    • Having executed the 'Floods' series, Patwardhan became once more seized by his fear of behalfism: Was he, as an artist, exploiting his subject? From this dilemma, there arose a series of studies of the artist in his studio.2010, Sudhir Patwardhan, Ranjit Hoskote, Sakshi Gallery, Sudhir Patwardhan, page 25
    • […] I'm not positively discriminating in favour of black and Asian programme-makers. Behalfism, I call it, always doing something on behalf of others, always being representative.1987, Michael Kustow, One in four, page 83

Origin of behalfism

From behalf + -ism.

Questions about behalfism

What does behalfism mean?
Behalfism means a policy of doing things on behalf of others.
What part of speech is behalfism?
Behalfism is a noun.

Words near behalfism in the dictionary

  1. Behaism
  2. Behaist
  3. Behaite
  4. behalf
  5. behalfe
  6. behalfism
  7. behalfs
  8. behallow
  9. behaloed
  10. behalves
  11. Behan

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