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impossibilism|ɪmˈpɒsɪbɪlɪz(ə)m|
[f. impossible a. + -ism.]
Belief in ideas, especially on social reform, which cannot reasonably be put into practice. So impossibilist |ɪmˈpɒsɪbɪlɪst, -pɒˈsɪb-| a., of or pertaining to such views; also as n., one who holds such impracticable views.
1885G. B. Shaw Let. 14 Dec. (1965) 146 We detect..the..anarchical impossibilism to which your proposition of private property in ideas..must lead in practice. 1892― Let. 22 Aug. (1965) 362 They had better circulate it among the Impossibilists. 1900Speaker 3 Mar. 592/1 Even amongst those who were but recently impossibilist politicians saner views are prevailing. 1906Westm. Gaz. 8 Feb. 7/2 We are predicting no impossibilist policy. 1909Ibid. 17 Apr. 16/3 Impossibilists in Labour Politics. 1910Daily News 3 Feb. 4/2 There is no fixed hostility, and no impossibilism of attitude. 1917Chesterton Short Hist. Eng. 76 An idealism akin to impossibilism. 1921Public Opinion 29 July 107/1 In a world largely controlled by fanatics, dreamers, and impossibilists, the one thoroughly practical policy is that of the League of Nations Union. 1939New Statesman 18 Nov. 712/2 An exposure of Nazi impossibilism. |