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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A political philosophy embracing the virtues of immediate social interactions with people as a means of countering the antisocial consequences of consumerist capitalism. uncountable
2. 2
   The belief that slavery should be ended immediately, without political process. historical, uncountable

Antonyms

All antonyms

eventualism

Etymology

From immediate + -ism.

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