Behalfism

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A policy of doing things on behalf of others. rare, uncountable

    "Having executed the 'Floods' series, Patwardhan became once more seized by his fear of behalfism: Was he, as an artist, exploiting his subject? From this dilemma, there arose a series of studies of the artist in his studio."

Example

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"Having executed the 'Floods' series, Patwardhan became once more seized by his fear of behalfism: Was he, as an artist, exploiting his subject? From this dilemma, there arose a series of studies of the artist in his studio."

Etymology

From behalf + -ism.

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