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circulationism

circulationism noun: an emphasis on circulating goods as opposed to producing them.

Noun

circulationism (uncountable)

  1. An emphasis on circulating goods as opposed to producing them.
    • In such a situation, Steyerl advocates, echoing Benjamin, an updated form of critical-cultural barbarism in the guise of a strategy of 'circulationism' – an emphasis on 'postproducing, launching, and accelerating' an image.2018, Andrew McNamara, Surpassing Modernity: Ambivalence in Art, Politics and Society
    • Here, for Steyerl, “circulationism” is an appropriate descriptor: What the Soviet avant‐garde of the twentieth century called productivism – the claim that art should enter production and the factory – could now be replaced by circulationism.2019, Brad Buckley, A Companion to Curation, page 407

Origin of circulationism

From circulation + -ism.

Questions about circulationism

What does circulationism mean?
Circulationism means an emphasis on circulating goods as opposed to producing them.
What part of speech is circulationism?
Circulationism is a noun.

Words near circulationism in the dictionary

  1. circulation time
  2. circulation times
  3. circulational
  4. circulationally
  5. circulationary
  6. circulationism
  7. circulationist
  8. circulationists
  9. circulations
  10. circulative
  11. circulator

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