diffusionistn.adj.

Brit.

/dᵻˈfjuːʒn̩ɪst/,

/dᵻˈfjuːʒənɪst/, U.S.

/dᵻˈfjuʒənəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: diffusion n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < diffusion n. + -ist suffix. With use in sense A. 2 compare German Diffusionist (1900 or earlier).

A. n.

1. A person who advocates or engages in the diffusion of something, esp. power, information, or education.

ΚΠ

1834 Athenæum 23 Aug. 618/3 [Those] deeply skilled in the trading philosophy of the political diffusionists.

1842 Christian Pioneer Feb. 57 He is..a diffusionist... He popularizes the results [of others' intellectual and moral work].

1911 Missionary Rev. of World Sept. 692/2 The diffusionists..hold that the missionary is peculiarly fitted to open new fields, in country districts... The concentrationists..would have most of the missionaries stay in large cities.

1990 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 7 Mar. 25 a We were diffusionists. We believed our freedoms were best protected if power was not centralized.

2. Cultural Anthropology. An advocate or adherent of the theory that all or most cultural similarities result from diffusion (diffusion n. 4b); a supporter of diffusionism.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > science of mankind > [noun] > anthropology > theories in > person

matriarchalist1885

environmentalist1903

diffusionist1920

parallelist1929

Frazerian1962

1920 Amer. Anthropologist 22 29 Some of the hypothetical constructs of modern ethnological diffusionists.

1946 J. S. Huxley Unesco ii. 46 The diffusionists on the one hand and on the other their opponents who believe in parallel and independent evolution of cultural patterns.

1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. iii. 91 The old diffusionists, like G. Elliott Smith,..cast discredit on the question.

2005 Isis 96 95/1 Various diffusionists, functionalists, anti-evolutionists in general who..disavowed the centrality of evolutionism as too speculative and ethnocentric.

B. adj. (attributive).

Cultural Anthropology. Designating the theory that all or most cultural similarities result from diffusion (diffusion n. 4b); relating to or advocating this theory. Cf. diffusionism n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > science of mankind > [adjective] > anthropology > theories

anthroponomical1734

agriological1878

diffusionist1893

biologistic1920

environmentalist1921

environmentalistic1929

Frazerian1932

Tylorian1936

Malinowskian1954

1893 Athenæum 25 Nov. 736/3 The most strenuous advocate of the diffusionist theory [of folk-tales].

1926 Encycl. Brit. III. 566/2 As substitutes for the ‘evolutionary’ syntheses.., several ‘diffusionist’ schemes have been elaborated.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Mar. 167/2 The diffusionist school..has done good work..by attempting the stratigraphical analysis of a given ‘culture-complex’.

1951 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Social Anthropol. iii. 46 Those who became known as diffusionist anthropologists.

2004 B. Bunch & A. Hellemans Hist. Sci. & Technol. 23/1 Diffusionist theories of the past called for Minoan or Egyptian engineers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	diffusionist
释义	diffusionistn.adj. Brit. /dᵻˈfjuːʒn̩ɪst/, /dᵻˈfjuːʒənɪst/, U.S. /dᵻˈfjuʒənəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: diffusion n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < diffusion n. + -ist suffix. With use in sense A. 2 compare German Diffusionist (1900 or earlier). A. n. 1. A person who advocates or engages in the diffusion of something, esp. power, information, or education. ΚΠ 1834 Athenæum 23 Aug. 618/3 [Those] deeply skilled in the trading philosophy of the political diffusionists. 1842 Christian Pioneer Feb. 57 He is..a diffusionist... He popularizes the results [of others' intellectual and moral work]. 1911 Missionary Rev. of World Sept. 692/2 The diffusionists..hold that the missionary is peculiarly fitted to open new fields, in country districts... The concentrationists..would have most of the missionaries stay in large cities. 1990 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 7 Mar. 25 a We were diffusionists. We believed our freedoms were best protected if power was not centralized. 2. Cultural Anthropology. An advocate or adherent of the theory that all or most cultural similarities result from diffusion (diffusion n. 4b); a supporter of diffusionism. ΘΚΠ the world > people > science of mankind > [noun] > anthropology > theories in > person matriarchalist1885 environmentalist1903 diffusionist1920 parallelist1929 Frazerian1962 1920 Amer. Anthropologist 22 29 Some of the hypothetical constructs of modern ethnological diffusionists. 1946 J. S. Huxley Unesco ii. 46 The diffusionists on the one hand and on the other their opponents who believe in parallel and independent evolution of cultural patterns. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. iii. 91 The old diffusionists, like G. Elliott Smith,..cast discredit on the question. 2005 Isis 96 95/1 Various diffusionists, functionalists, anti-evolutionists in general who..disavowed the centrality of evolutionism as too speculative and ethnocentric. B. adj. (attributive). Cultural Anthropology. Designating the theory that all or most cultural similarities result from diffusion (diffusion n. 4b); relating to or advocating this theory. Cf. diffusionism n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > science of mankind > [adjective] > anthropology > theories anthroponomical1734 agriological1878 diffusionist1893 biologistic1920 environmentalist1921 environmentalistic1929 Frazerian1932 Tylorian1936 Malinowskian1954 1893 Athenæum 25 Nov. 736/3 The most strenuous advocate of the diffusionist theory [of folk-tales]. 1926 Encycl. Brit. III. 566/2 As substitutes for the ‘evolutionary’ syntheses.., several ‘diffusionist’ schemes have been elaborated. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Mar. 167/2 The diffusionist school..has done good work..by attempting the stratigraphical analysis of a given ‘culture-complex’. 1951 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Social Anthropol. iii. 46 Those who became known as diffusionist anthropologists. 2004 B. Bunch & A. Hellemans Hist. Sci. & Technol. 23/1 Diffusionist theories of the past called for Minoan or Egyptian engineers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1834
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