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Primordialism

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state. countable, uncountable

    "1874-1896, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology Yet another indication of primordialism may be named."

  2. 2
    The belief that each individual has a single inborn ethnic identity independent of historical processes. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From primordial + -ism.

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