Whateverism

Quick meaning: Whateverism is a noun meaning (countable) Synonym of ism (an ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism).

Meaning

(countable) Synonym of ism (an ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism).

More Meanings

1. (politics) An adherence to the Two Whatevers: We will resolutely uphold whatever policy decisions Chairman Mao made, and unswervingly follow whatever instructions Chairman Mao gave.
2. (rare) A belief in whatever; apathy, nothingarianism.

Example Sentences

Most religious communities' central problem is not teen rebellion but teenagers' benign “whateverism.”

In Always On, Naomi Baron […] argues that because we write more than ever before, an inattention to how we write has crept in, a sense of 'linguistic whateverism'.

[Terrence] Malick’s ponderously poetic whateverism informs the pacing here, although writer-director David Lowery’s 90-minute mood piece is certainly a bit tighter.

Work is as important as family is as important as sex, and this isn't nihilism so much as whateverism – whatever's happening right now. It's not that nothing matters; it's that everything matters, until it doesn't any more.

Word Forms

• whateverisms

Synonyms for whateverism

Depending on context, synonyms include ism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include me-tooism, catch-allism, me-too-ism, uniformism, one-thingism, wokeism.

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