Etymology

solutionism

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Today it means: The belief that all difficulties have benign solutions, often of a technocratic nature. Full definition →

English solution ← Middle English solucioun ← Old French solucion
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  1. Latinsolūtiō
  2. Latinsolūtiōnem
  3. Old Frenchsolucion
  4. Middle Englishsolucioun
  5. Englishsolution
  6. English todaysolutionism

From solution + -ism.

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