enemyism

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noun

The framing of potential conflict in social relations in terms of enmity.

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Meanings

nounenemyism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe framing of potential conflict in social relations in terms of enmity.

    Animism taken to its final conclusion ... is not only a perspectivism but an "enemyism."

    2015, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Cannibal Metaphysics. (Translated by Peter Skafish.) University of Minnesota Press
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    I think free-range "enemyism" can keep us from solutions, and needlessly subject groups to a position of "forever enemy-hood."

    2024 Sharon T. Friedman, "Is it A Time for Peace Yet? Chief Thomas Quotes our Old Friend Kohelet," in The Smokey Wire: National Forest News and Views, 25 March 2024

Origin

From enemy + -ism.

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Translations

French ennemisme
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APA

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

MLA

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Chicago

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