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innovationism

innovationism noun: support for innovation; a policy of innovating.

Noun

innovationism (uncountable)

  1. Support for innovation; a policy of innovating.
    • The growth of monopoly power retarded economic progress by hampering the growth of entrepreneurship and innovationism.1991, Benu Varman-Schneider, Capital Flight from Developing Countries, page 127

Origin of innovationism

From innovation + -ism.

Questions about innovationism

What does innovationism mean?
Innovationism means support for innovation; a policy of innovating.
What part of speech is innovationism?
Innovationism is a noun.

Words near innovationism in the dictionary

  1. innovatingly
  2. innovation
  3. innovational
  4. innovationalism
  5. innovationary
  6. innovationism
  7. innovationist
  8. innovationists
  9. innovations
  10. innovative
  11. innovatively

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