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collapsism

collapsism noun: the belief that a system or entity will collapse.

Noun

collapsism (uncountable)

  1. The belief that a system or entity will collapse.
    • Collapsism — the view that the North will fall quickly, much like East Germany — and gradualism — exactly the opposite — represent […]1994, Korea Business World, volume 10, numbers 1-6, page 41
    • Yet even in Grossman's time, at least one radical voice challenged his collapsism. Council Communist Anton Pannekoek […] charged Grossman with citing Marx's writings on capitalism's periodic crises to suggest the latter believed in the notion of a collapse from its limits.2012, Sasha Lilley, David McNally, Eddie Yuen, Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth

Origin of collapsism

From collapse + -ism.

Questions about collapsism

What does collapsism mean?
Collapsism means the belief that a system or entity will collapse.
What part of speech is collapsism?
Collapsism is a noun.

Words near collapsism in the dictionary

  1. collapsin
  2. collapsing
  3. collapsins
  4. collapsion
  5. collapsions
  6. collapsism
  7. collapsitarian
  8. collapsitarianism
  9. collapsitarians
  10. collapsium
  11. collapsogram

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