primordialism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
primordial + -ism
Noun[edit]
primordialism (countable and uncountable, plural primordialisms)
- Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state.
- 1874-1896, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology
- Yet another indication of primordialism may be named.
- 1874-1896, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology
- The belief that each individual has a single inborn ethnic identity independent of historical processes.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “primordialism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From primordial + -ism.
Noun[edit]
primordialism n (plural primordialisme)
Declension[edit]
Declension of primordialism
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) primordialism | primordialismul | (niște) primordialisme | primordialismele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) primordialism | primordialismului | (unor) primordialisme | primordialismelor |
| vocative | primordialismule | primordialismelor | ||