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cooperationism

cooperationism noun: a policy of cooperation.

Noun

cooperationism (uncountable)

  1. A policy of cooperation.
  2. (historical) The belief that the remaining slave states (after South Carolina's secession from the Union) should secede at once and simultaneously, to impress the federal government with seriousness of the their resolve.

Origin of cooperationism

From cooperation + -ism.

Questions about cooperationism

What does cooperationism mean?
Cooperationism means a policy of cooperation.
What part of speech is cooperationism?
Cooperationism is a noun.

Words near cooperationism in the dictionary

  1. cooperated
  2. cooperates
  3. cooperating
  4. cooperating grace
  5. cooperation
  6. cooperationism
  7. cooperationist
  8. cooperationists
  9. cooperations
  10. cooperative
  11. cooperative federalism

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