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neomedievalism

neomedievalism noun: the belief that the political order of the modern globalized world is analogous to high-medieval Europe, where states and the church participated in complex, overlapping and incomplete sovereignties.

Noun

neomedievalism (uncountable)

  1. (international relations) The belief that the political order of the modern globalized world is analogous to high-medieval Europe, where states and the church participated in complex, overlapping and incomplete sovereignties.
  2. The postmodern use of texts and tropes from the Middle Ages.

Questions about neomedievalism

What does neomedievalism mean?
Neomedievalism means the belief that the political order of the modern globalized world is analogous to high-medieval Europe, where states and the church participated in complex, overlapping and incomplete sovereignties.
What part of speech is neomedievalism?
Neomedievalism is a noun.

Words near neomedievalism in the dictionary

  1. neomammals
  2. neomangicol
  3. neomangicols
  4. neomarinoside
  5. neomedieval
  6. neomedievalism
  7. Neomelanesian
  8. neomelia
  9. neomelodic
  10. neomembrane
  11. neomembranes

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