civilizationism

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noun

An ideology that highlights a perceived threat to a civilization from external influence.

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Meanings

nouncivilizationism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn ideology that highlights a perceived threat to a civilization from external influence.

    The new civilizationism is a paradoxical combination of “identitarian” Christianity, secularism, philo-Semitism, Islamophobia, and even some elements of liberalism such as support for gender equality and gay rights.

    2017 December 6, Rogers Brubaker, “The New Language of European Populism”, in brubaker.scholar.ss.ucla.edu, page 2

Origin

From civilization + -ism.

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civilizationism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civilizationism

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“civilizationism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civilizationism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “civilizationism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civilizationism.

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