Archivism
//ˈaɹkaɪvˌɪzəm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The art or practice of maintaining an archive. uncountable
"By a nice irony of archivism the estate papers of the family were deposited at the Bronte Parsonage Museum, and they provide the basis for this article."
Example
More examples"By a nice irony of archivism the estate papers of the family were deposited at the Bronte Parsonage Museum, and they provide the basis for this article."
Etymology
From archive + -ism.
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