Civilizationism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An ideology that highlights a perceived threat to a civilization from external influence. uncountable

    "The new civilizationism is a paradoxical combination of “identitarian” Christianity, secularism, philo-Semitism, Islamophobia, and even some elements of liberalism such as support for gender equality and gay rights."

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"The new civilizationism is a paradoxical combination of “identitarian” Christianity, secularism, philo-Semitism, Islamophobia, and even some elements of liberalism such as support for gender equality and gay rights."

Etymology

From civilization + -ism.

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