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primordialism

noun

Etymology

From primordial + -ism.

Definitions

  1. Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state.

    • 1874-1896, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology Yet another indication of primordialism may be named.

  2. The belief that each individual has a single inborn ethnic identity independent of…

    The belief that each individual has a single inborn ethnic identity independent of historical processes.

The neighborhood

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