"frontierism" meaning in English

See frontierism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: frontier + -ism Etymology templates: {{suf|en|frontier|ism}} frontier + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} frontierism (uncountable)
  1. (politics) Support for a frontier; especially, the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that a settler colonial exceptionalism, under the guise of American democracy, was formed by appropriation of the rugged American frontier. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Politics Related terms: frontierist
    Sense id: en-frontierism-en-noun-Zod3mtrB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Topics: government, politics

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