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INCLUSIVIST [1 record]

Record 1 1999-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

The principle or practice of being inclusive, especially of seeking to incorporate disparate or unreconciled elements in a single system or theory.

OBS

During the eighties, the term was adopted in architecture and theology. It is now being taken in general usage. "Inclusivist" has developed as a noun, denoting "an exponent of inclusivism", and as an adjective.

Key term(s)
  • inclusivist

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
OBS

Par analogie avec «exclusivisme», «constructivisme», «existentialisme».

Spanish

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