Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Continuance or observance of primitive ceremonies or the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state.
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- noun Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the
primordial state.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yet another indication of primordialism may be named.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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If a million Hutus kill a million Tutsis because "they smell funny" and the world looks away, is this "primordialism?"
Window Into Palestine dannyd 2010
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If a million Hutus kill a million Tutsis because "they smell funny" and the world looks away, is this "primordialism?"
Window Into Palestine dannyd 2010
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"Pancasila has proven to overcome the differences and synergize social plurality into a unified nation state," he said, adding that the country's flawed democratization process had led to an insurgence of fanatic primordialism and increasing poverty.
The Jakarta Post 2008
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