"alteritism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Coined by Sara Suleri Goodyear, from alterity + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|alterity|-ism}} alterity + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} alteritism (uncountable)
  1. An approach in postcolonial literary criticism that seeks to bypass orientalist or Eurocentric perspectives but, in foregrounding otherness, reproduces colonial ideas of the exotic. Wikipedia link: Sara Suleri Goodyear Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-alteritism-en-noun-JjYT3BKC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism

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