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associatism

noun

Etymology

From associate + -ism.

  1. derived from associātus
  2. inherited from associat
  3. suffixed as associatism — “associate + ism”

Definitions

  1. A self-regulatory movement in the 1920s in which community members assumed a duty of…

    A self-regulatory movement in the 1920s in which community members assumed a duty of mutual obligation to support each other.

  2. The worship of, or belief in, various entities associated with the divine.

    • Associatism can take the form of venerating trees or the tombs of saints, seeking holy men or soothsayers as intermediaries with God, or putting one's faith in astrology.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA