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personalism

Definition of personalism

noun

[mass noun]
  • the quality of being personal: his sculpture investigated pure form from which all expressive personalism was eliminated
  • a theory or system based on subjective ideas or applications.
  • allegiance to a particular political leader rather than to a party or ideology: this personalism alone can explain the shifting alliances that so confuse observers

Derivatives

personalist

noun

personalistic

adjective

personalism in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of personalism in the US English dictionary
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