Expatriatism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being an expatriate, especially a deliberate one countable, uncountable

    "The traveler ventures into the world of exile and expatriatism, two terms that Edward Said defines in his essay "Reflections on Exile." Whereas exile connotes the negative, expatriatism carries more positive associations."

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"The traveler ventures into the world of exile and expatriatism, two terms that Edward Said defines in his essay "Reflections on Exile." Whereas exile connotes the negative, expatriatism carries more positive associations."

Etymology

From expatriate + -ism.

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