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personalism
[ pur-suh-nl-iz-uhm ]
noun
- Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- Psychology. an approach stressing individual personality as the central concern of psychology.
personalism
/ ˈpɜːsənəˌlɪzəm /
noun
- a philosophical movement that stresses the value of persons
- an idiosyncratic mode of behaviour or expression
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Derived Forms
- ˌpersonalˈistic, adjective
- ˈpersonalist, nounadjective
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Other Words From
- person·al·ist noun
- person·al·istic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of personalism1
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Example Sentences
No principles of wise government had place in any mind, a blunt and jolly personalism as to the Ins and Outs animating all.
Surely the legitimate province of 'personalism' lies in the region of general ideas, or rather in the Weltanschauung as a whole.
Personalism isolates, separates, him from Nature; converts him from a part into the whole, into an absolute essence by himself.
To practically enter into politics is an important part of American personalism.
"Personalism" is revealed in the immediate and individual participation of all members in penitente activities.
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