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- noun politics Adherence to the Two Whatevers: "We will resolutely uphold whatever policy decisions Chairman Mao made, and unswervingly follow whatever instructions Chairman Mao gave."
- noun rare Belief in
whatever ;apathy ,nothingarianism .
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Examples
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You can call it marxism, socialism, or "whateverism" you want to call it, but it is the right thing for America.
Movement 'coming from the soil of America,' conservative says 2009
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And the English language has not fallen into whateverism as a result.
Some words whose meanings have changed without controversy « Motivated Grammar 2010
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And the English language has not fallen into whateverism as a result.
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Maybe this is not a particularly original thought, but for people who worry about racism or sexism or whateverism in film and television, it might be worth focusing on the way the formal constraints of the genre or medium, as opposed to the conscious or unconscious cultural biases of the writers, actually steers the story toward making use of these.
The Wisdom of Clowns 2009
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Not only did Hillary unfairly attack Barack, she attacked HERSELF by bringing up sexism, racism, and whateverism to her campaign.
Obama, Clinton supporters both say Clinton attacking unfairly 2008
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I am most curious about the hypocrisy of using lookism/bodyism/whateverism to make a left wing point.
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Trolls say that the left supports communism/nazism/whateverism when the trolls own outlook on life shows that THEY and their leaders ACTIVELY cause facism and has supported facism (including nazis) in the past†¦ up is down black is white†¦
Think Progress » Snow: There Is Too Much Focus on Kidnapped U.S. Soldiers 2006
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Trolls say that the left supports communism/nazism/whateverism when the trolls own outlook on life shows that THEY and their leaders ACTIVELY cause facism and has supported facism (including nazis) in the past … up is down black is white …
Think Progress » Snow: There Is Too Much Focus on Kidnapped U.S. Soldiers 2006
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Hua Guofeng: Mao's hapless chosen successor did have a philosophy: whateverism (as in, "" Whatever Mao said should be defended '').
Taking Power 2008
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Naomi Baron, a linguist at American University in Washington, D.C., credited with the term "linguistic whateverism," warned that the more we write online, "the worse writers we become." new study from California's Stanford University has produced some reassuring news: Young people may not be writing so badly after all, and, in fact, their prose is evolving in some promising new ways.
hernesheir commented on the word whateverism
*favorited*
September 28, 2011
leaden commented on the word whateverism
Finally, a philosophy for slackers. Presumably our anthem is “Battle of Who Could Care Less”. Or something. (Everyone’s already familiar with the salute.)
September 28, 2011
sionnach commented on the word whateverism
I think this might be the same thing as oblomovism. But I don't care enough to look it up.
September 28, 2011
vendingmachine commented on the word whateverism
See also nothingarianism and whataboutism.
March 9, 2022