personalism
Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
Psychology. an approach stressing individual personality as the central concern of psychology.
Origin of personalism
1Other words from personalism
- per·son·al·ist, noun
- per·son·al·is·tic, adjective
Words Nearby personalism
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How to use personalism in a sentence
No principles of wise government had place in any mind, a blunt and jolly personalism as to the Ins and Outs animating all.
The Well-Beloved | Thomas HardySurely the legitimate province of 'personalism' lies in the region of general ideas, or rather in the Weltanschauung as a whole.
Outspoken Essays | William Ralph Ingepersonalism isolates, separates, him from Nature; converts him from a part into the whole, into an absolute essence by himself.
The Essence of Christianity | Ludwig FeuerbachTo practically enter into politics is an important part of American personalism.
Complete Prose Works | Walt Whitman"personalism" is revealed in the immediate and individual participation of all members in penitente activities.
The Penitente Moradas of Abiqui | Richard E. Ahlborn
British Dictionary definitions for personalism
/ (ˈpɜːsənəˌlɪzəm) /
a philosophical movement that stresses the value of persons
an idiosyncratic mode of behaviour or expression
Derived forms of personalism
- personalistic, adjective
- personalist, noun, adjective
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