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retreatism

[ ri-tree-tiz-uhm ]
/ rɪˈtri tɪz əm /
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noun Sociology.
the rejection of culturally prescribed goals and the conventional means for attaining them.
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OTHER WORDS FROM retreatism

re·treat·ist, noun
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