Actionism

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An excessive emphasis on action, activity, or change in lieu of continuity, stability, and permanence.
  2. 2
    Belief in or advocacy of taking action; activism.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Viennese Actionism, a school of art which started in Vienna, Austria.
  2. 2
    The ideology of 1960s Radicals.

Etymology

Etymology 1

The second sense was used by Theodor W. Adorno.

Etymology 2

From action + -ism.

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