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focalism

noun

Etymology

From focal + -ism.

  1. learned borrowing from focālis
  2. suffixed as focalism — “focal + ism”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of anchoring.

    • How can focalism be reduced? The method of debiasing depends on the type of focalism affecting one's judgments.

  2. A revolutionary strategy which posited that military vanguardism could lead to general…

    A revolutionary strategy which posited that military vanguardism could lead to general rebellion.

    • While focalism drew from previous Marxist-Leninist ideas and the Maoist strategy of protracted people's war, it also broke with many of the mid-Cold War era's established communist parties.

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