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peripheralism

peripheralism noun: a policy of focusing on what is peripheral.

Noun

peripheralism (uncountable)

  1. A policy of focusing on what is peripheral.
    • The United States adjusted to its interest in defending Europe, but did so with the smallest impact on its existing strategic identity, an instinct toward peripheralism.2005, A. Johnston, Hegemony and Culture in the Origins of NATO Nuclear First-Use, 1945–1955

Origin of peripheralism

From peripheral + -ism.

Questions about peripheralism

What does peripheralism mean?
Peripheralism means a policy of focusing on what is peripheral.
What part of speech is peripheralism?
Peripheralism is a noun.

Words near peripheralism in the dictionary

  1. peripheralisation
  2. peripheralise
  3. peripheralised
  4. peripheralises
  5. peripheralising
  6. peripheralism
  7. peripheralist
  8. peripheralists
  9. peripheralities
  10. peripherality
  11. peripheralization

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