"actionism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: actionisms [plural]
Etymology: action + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|action|ism}} action + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun}} actionism (plural actionisms)
  1. An excessive emphasis on action, activity, or change in lieu of continuity, stability, and permanence. Translations (An excessive emphasis on action, activity, or change): actionisme [masculine] (French), Aktionismus [masculine] (German), aktionism [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-actionism-en-noun-yN2OeF2O Disambiguation of 'An excessive emphasis on action, activity, or change': 88 12
  2. Belief in or advocacy of taking action; activism.
    Sense id: en-actionism-en-noun-uDnrTyX1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 30 70

Inflected forms

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