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单词 preventionism
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preventionismn.

Brit. /prᵻˈvɛnʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /prᵻˈvɛnʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /priˈvɛn(t)ʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/, /prəˈvɛn(t)ʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation.; originally modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: prevention n., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < prevention n. + -ism suffix, originally after German Präventionismus (1917 in the passage translated in quot. 1918). Compare earlier preventionist n.
A policy of prevention.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > policy of
preventionism1918
1918 A. Gray tr. R. Grelling Crime II. ii. 118 When preventionism suits their purpose, they speak of the right and the duty of the anticipated defence against future attack.
1998 N. Cook in K. Sen & M. Stivens Gender & Power Affluent Asia ix. 275 A stark contrast to this preventionism is the activity of EMPOWER.., a group of human rights activists.
1999 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 93 550/1 The author's embrace of preventionism raises the inevitable question of how much retroactive justice is necessary to protect a society from future harm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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