Autonomism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Autonomism is a noun meaning (politics) A set of anti-authoritarian left-wing political and social movements originating from Italy in the 1960s.
Meaning
(politics) A set of anti-authoritarian left-wing political and social movements originating from Italy in the 1960s.
More Meanings
- (politics) A political doctrine which supports acquiring or preserving political autonomy of a nation or a region.
Example Sentences
The village-like clusters making up Jewish Birobidzhan are only passingly described, the geopolitical motivations for the region’s creation are never fleshed out and the influence of the noted historian and ideologue of Jewish autonomism Simon Dubnow is repeatedly mentioned but left undiagnosed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include autonomist, maximalist, anarcho-individualism, actionism, neoguelphism, anti-authoritarianism.
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