privatism
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In many, a sullen kind of privatism has replaced the formerly furious idealism.
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Is it really surprising that the public's often noted withdrawal into self-pursuit and privatism has coincided with the epic spread of air conditioning?
From Time Magazine Archive
In the 1950s, U.S. college students were deemed to be a "silent generation" of "apathetes" who burrowed in "privatism" like gophers with tired blood.
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It leads to the "privatism" of early marriage and big families as a substitute for big careers.
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Our trainees were themselves mainly in the second half of life, and they well understood the "privatism" that is a legacy of our past.
From Marriage Enrichment Retreats Story of a Quaker Project by D. R. (David Robert) Mace
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