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Ethiopianism

Ethiopianism noun: a sociopolitical movement seeking to unify those of African heritage (Ethiopians) into a global community.

Noun

Ethiopianism (uncountable)

  1. A sociopolitical movement seeking to unify those of African heritage (Ethiopians) into a global community.
    • It is difficult to pin down the meaning of Ethiopianism, a “notoriously protean term,” says Eric Sundquist, one of the phenomena, says Paul Gilroy, that “we struggle to name as Pan-Africanism, Ethiopianism, Emigrationism....” Adding yet a third term, Wilson J. Moses characterizes Ethiopianism as a...2003, Susan Gillman, Blood Talk: American Race Melodrama and the Culture of the Occult, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 50
    • The genesis of the Pan-African movement can be traced back to the different political and religious movements called Ethiopianism or the Ethiopian movements.2005, Paulos Milkias, Getachew Metaferia, The Battle of Adwa: Reflections on Ethiopia's Historic Victory Against European Colonialism, Algora Publishing, →ISBN, page 192

Examples of Ethiopianism in a sentence

  • Moses characterizes Ethiopianism as a variant form of black nationalism, itself "often indistinguishable from the idea of Pan- Africanism."2003, Susan Gillman, Blood Talk: American Race Melodrama and the Culture of the Occult, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 50:
  • Ethiopianism emerged in the United States, perhaps by the early 1700s.2009, Charles Price, Becoming Rasta: Origins of Rastafari Identity in Jamaica, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 40:

Origin of Ethiopianism

From Ethiopian + -ism.

Questions about Ethiopianism

What does Ethiopianism mean?
Ethiopianism means a sociopolitical movement seeking to unify those of African heritage (Ethiopians) into a global community.
How do you use Ethiopianism in a sentence?
Moses characterizes Ethiopianism as a variant form of black nationalism, itself "often indistinguishable from the idea of Pan- Africanism."
What part of speech is Ethiopianism?
Ethiopianism is a noun.

Words near Ethiopianism in the dictionary

  1. Ethiopian Empire
  2. Ethiopian in the woodpile
  3. Ethiopian nightshade
  4. Ethiopian wolf
  5. Ethiopian wolves
  6. Ethiopianism
  7. Ethiopianization
  8. Ethiopianize
  9. Ethiopianized
  10. Ethiopianizes
  11. Ethiopianizing

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