ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Defaultism

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /dɪˈfɒl.tɪ.zəm/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Defaultism is a noun meaning An approach or situation in which something occurs by default, without being explicitly introduced.

Meaning

An approach or situation in which something occurs by default, without being explicitly introduced.

More Meanings

  1. The often misguided belief that the circumstances surrounding an individual are the default for everyone else.

Example Sentences

US defaultism
Defaultism ¶ The defaultist view is that some conversational implicatures are default inferences—presumptive meanings—that the hearer makes unless given reason not to by the speaker.
But, in being an African-American politician, [Obama] […] introduces race by default. This racial defaultism is what must be considered as far as a potential limitation in the president's bargaining power, despite whites' liberalization about race and race-related policy issues.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include usualism, casualism, indifferentism, deferentialism, equalism, uniformism.

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