privatismn.
/ˈprʌɪvətɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpraɪvəˌtɪz(ə)m/ A tendency to be concerned with ideas or issues only in so far as they affect one as an individual; self-interest; individualism.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > freedom from public attention or intrusion > inclination or tendency to
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [noun] > quality of being particular or not general > quality of being personal > quality of being intimate or private > tendency to or advocacy of privacy
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1931 Marion (Ohio) Star 18 Aug. 4/6 The revolution initiated by the challenge of Bolshevism to..what Count Kaysering calls ‘privatism’ is intensified by the breakdown of capitalism.
1948 C. S. Lewis in C. Williams & C. S. Lewis Arthurian Torso ii. vi. 188 ‘Privatism.’ This occurs when the poet writes what the reader, however sensitive and generally cultivated he may be, could not possibly understand unless the poet chose to tell him something more than he has told.
1970 Time 28 Dec. 6 Few observers of the U.S. scene foresaw that political passions on the campuses would become muted in a new emphasis on ‘privatism’.
1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Sept. 1054/2 Self-interest—what Dr. Kammen euphemistically calls ‘privatism’—and secularism were strong.
1995 Spearhead Easter 2–3 How does privatism impact the laity of the church? We are as susceptible as other human beings to the anxieties of living.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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