whateverism

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An adherence to the Two Whatevers

   An adherence to the Two Whatevers: We will resolutely uphold whatever policy decisions Chairman Mao made, and unswervingly follow whatever instructions Chairman Mao gave.

2. 2

   A belief in whatever

   A belief in whatever; apathy, nothingarianism.

   • Most religious communities' central problem is not teen rebellion but teenagers' benign “whateverism.”
   • In Always On, Naomi Baron […] argues that because we write more than ever before, an inattention to how we write has crept in, a sense of 'linguistic whateverism'.
   • Work is as important as family is as important as sex, and this isn't nihilism so much as whateverism – whatever's happening right now. It's not that nothing matters; it's that everything matters, until it doesn't any more.
3. 3

   Synonym of ism (an ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a…

   Synonym of ism (an ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism)

   • [Terrence] Malick’s ponderously poetic whateverism informs the pacing here, although writer-director David Lowery’s 90-minute mood piece is certainly a bit tighter.

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