possibilism
/ˈpɒsɪbɪlɪz(ə)m/ /ˈpɒsɪb(ə)lɪz(ə)m/noun
1 Politics. Belief in or advocacy of moderate (rather than violent or revolutionary) policies aiming to bring about immediately practicable or feasible reforms; pragmatic reformism.
2 Geography. The belief that human freedom of action is not limited by the natural world.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Boston Globe. Probably from French possibilisme from classical Latin possibilis + French -isme. Compare Spanish possibilismo.
- draughty
- Drava River
- Drave
- Dravidian
- draw
- draw a bead on
- draw a blank
- draw a line under
- draw a veil over
- draw back
- drawback
- pyrocarbonate
- pyrocatechin
- pyrocatechol
- pyrocatechuic
- pyrocellulose
- pyroceram
- pyrochemical
- pyrochemically
- pyrochlore
- pyrochroite
- pyrocitric
- pyroclast
- pyroclastic
- pyroclastic flow