division into departments, esp when resulting in impaired efficiency
departmentalism in American English
(ˌdipɑrtˈmɛntəlˌɪzəm; dɪˌpɑrtˈmɛntəlˌɪzəm)
noun
strict or excessive adherence to departmental organization and rules
departmentalism in American English
(dɪpɑːrtˈmentlˌɪzəm, ˌdipɑːrt-)
noun
1.
division into departments, as in a university
2.
advocacy of or partiality for such division
Word origin
[1885–90; departmental + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, seminar, toner, upsweep, zoom-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)
Examples of 'departmentalism' in a sentence
departmentalism
Additionally, it reflects upon the political and constitutional theories known as departmentalism and popular constitutionalism.
Donald Emerson Bello Hutt 2017, 'Revisión judicial y democracia deliberativa en términos de teoría departamental yconstitucionalismo popular / Judicial Review and Deliberative Democracy in terms ofDepartmentalism and Popular Constitutionalism', Bajo Palabrahttps://revistas.uam.es/bajopalabra/article/view/8801. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)