Words Containing IVISM

The use of direct action to promote social or political change.

Plural of ACTIVISM.

Opposition to the political community or civic life.

Plural of ANTICIVISM.

The behavior or ambition of an arriviste.

Plural of ARRIVISME.

Good citizenship and civic-mindedness.

Plural of CIVISM.

Superficial online activism that does not involve real-world engagement.

Plural of CLICKTIVISM.

The view that moral judgments express propositions that can be true or false.

Plural of COGNITIVISM.

System where production means are owned by the people.

Plural of COLLECTIVISM.

Art movement using industrial materials to make geometric objects.

Plural of CONSTRUCTIVISM.

System where industry is organized into corporations.

Plural of CORPORATIVISM.

The view that language should be described as used, not prescribed.

Plural of DESCRIPTIVISM.

An art movement involving destroying objects in public.

Plural of DESTRUCTIVISM.

The view that common-sense mental states do not exist.

Plural of ELIMINATIVISM.

Theory that moral judgments express attitudes rather than facts.

Plural of EMOTIVISM.

Policy or doctrine of excluding others.

Plural of EXCLUSIVISM.

Use of computer hacking to promote a political cause.

Plural of HACKTIVISM.

Lack of patriotism or civic duty.

Plural of INCIVISM.

The doctrine that moral judgments are intuitive.

Plural of INTUITIVISM.

Advocacy of breastfeeding and the right to nurse in public.

Plural of LACTIVISM.

The policy of favoring native inhabitants over immigrants.

Plural of NATIVISM.

A tendency to resist or oppose suggestions and commands.

Plural of NEGATIVISM.

View that ethical statements are not true or false.

Plural of NONCOGNITIVISM.

A belief system that rejects objectivism.

Plural of NONOBJECTIVISM.

Any doctrine that reality exists independently of the mind; also Rand's philosophy.

Plural of OBJECTIVISM.

Belief that all violence is unjustifiable.

Plural of PASSIVISM.

The view that all perception occurs from a particular perspective.

Plural of PERSPECTIVISM.

The doctrine that only scientific knowledge is authentic, rejecting metaphysics.

Plural of POSITIVISM.

The doctrine that language should follow established norms.

Plural of PRESCRIPTIVISM.

Belief in the superiority of primitive forms or styles.

Plural of PRIMITIVISM.

Political ideology favoring social betterment and reform.

Plural of PROGRESSIVISM.

The tendency to relapse into criminal or antisocial behavior.

Plural of RECIDIVISM.