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culturism

culturism noun: a trend or tendency to promote one culture over the other cultures.

Noun

culturism (countable and uncountable, plural culturisms)

  1. (countable) A trend or tendency to promote one culture over the other cultures.
    • The Confucian ethic has been discredited, but no new ethic has taken its place. Women have been emancipated. The ancient culturism of the Middle Kingdom has been transmuted into nationalism, pride of culture providing the stuff for pride of race and nation.1946 September 1, John K. Fairbank, “Our Chances in China”, in The Atlantic
    • Preserve these (if you have the narrator's permission to do so) for research into the interview situation, the narrator's personality, or the verbal culturisms of the narrator and her group.1977, Willa K. Baum, Transcribing and Editing Oral History
  2. (uncountable) A right-wing political movement that opposes multiculturalism and promotes Western culture.

Forms of culturism

pluralculturisms

Origin of culturism

From culture + -ism.

Questions about culturism

What does culturism mean?
Culturism means a trend or tendency to promote one culture over the other cultures.
What part of speech is culturism?
Culturism is a noun.
What is the plural of culturism?
The plural of culturism is culturisms.

Words near culturism in the dictionary

  1. culturicidal
  2. culturicide
  3. culturicides
  4. culturing
  5. culturings
  6. culturism
  7. culturisms
  8. culturist
  9. culturists
  10. culturization
  11. culturizations

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