Behalfism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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