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human-rightism

human-rightism noun: a political philosophy that focuses on human rights.

Noun

human-rightism (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) A political philosophy that focuses on human rights.
    • With the notion of human-rightism, Pellet (2000) tried to warn of the costs and dangers of the slippery slope of activism within the arena of international human rights law. ‘Human-rightism’ was immediately ascribed pejorative meanings and used to express different forms of critique when it came to...2020, Lea David, The Past Can't Heal Us, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31

Origin of human-rightism

From human rights + -ism, calque of French droits-de-l'hommisme.

Questions about human-rightism

What does human-rightism mean?
Human-rightism means a political philosophy that focuses on human rights.
What part of speech is human-rightism?
Human-rightism is a noun.

Words near human-rightism in the dictionary

  1. human-made
  2. human-occupied vehicle
  3. human-occupied vehicles
  4. human-powered
  5. human-readable
  6. human-rightism
  7. human-rightist
  8. human-rightists
  9. humanate
  10. humanation
  11. humanations

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