Epsteinism

Noun

Epsteinism (uncountable)

1. The style of sculpture associated with Jacob Epstein.
   • Good will come, no doubt, to painting from the crudities called Cubism, to sculpture from the horrors of Epsteinism, when all these practitioners have seen the errors of their ways and arrived at something; and so music will profit by the experiments being made by composers of this generation.1926 February 6, “A jarring note from a man of music”, in The Children's Newspaper, page 9
   • St. John Damascene known as the foe of iconoclasts might well become the patron of a holy iconoclasm that should rid our churches of unsightly statues, whether inspired by Epsteinism or merely vulgar.1936 September, Stephen Rigby, “The Middleman in Art”, in The Month, volume 168, number 867
2. The philosophy of Richard Epstein.
   • And once you enter the land of metaphor, you are on a very slippery slope toward Epsteinism.1995, Michael E. Kinsley, Big babies, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 207
   • They reject Epsteinism because it sacrifices fundamental civil and political rights on the altar of wealth maximization.1997 July 31, Ezekiel Emanuel, “Book Review Mortal Peril: Our inalienable right to health care? By Richard A. Epstein. 503 pp. Reading, Mass., Addison–Wesley, 1997. $27.50. 0-201-13647-3”, in New...
3. (Internet) A political system, or elite conspiracy, that enables or perpetuates crimes such as those of Jeffrey Epstein.
   • Per­son­ally, I have a sug­ges­tion for the Marx­ist parties in Nepal: care­fully study the Epstein archives and make a choice between Marx­ism and Epstein­ism.2026 February 12, Nirmal P Acharya, “Does cap­it­al­ism devour people?”, in People's Review Weekly

   Synonyms:

   Epstein class