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enemyism

enemyism noun: the framing of potential conflict in social relations in terms of enmity.

Noun

enemyism (uncountable)

  1. The framing of potential conflict in social relations in terms of enmity.
    • Animism taken to its final conclusion ... is not only a perspectivism but an "enemyism."2015, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Cannibal Metaphysics. (Translated by Peter Skafish.) University of Minnesota Press
    • I think free-range "enemyism" can keep us from solutions, and needlessly subject groups to a position of "forever enemy-hood."2024 Sharon T. Friedman, "Is it A Time for Peace Yet? Chief Thomas Quotes our Old Friend Kohelet," in The Smokey Wire: National Forest News and Views, 25 March 2024

Origin of enemyism

From enemy + -ism.

Questions about enemyism

What does enemyism mean?
Enemyism means the framing of potential conflict in social relations in terms of enmity.
What part of speech is enemyism?
Enemyism is a noun.

Words near enemyism in the dictionary

  1. enemye
  2. enemyes
  3. enemyhood
  4. enemyhoods
  5. enemying
  6. enemyism
  7. enemyless
  8. enemylessness
  9. enemylike
  10. enemyness
  11. enemyship

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