situationism

[ sich-oo-ey-shuh-niz-uh m ]

/ ˌsɪtʃ uˈeɪ ʃəˌnɪz əm /

noun Psychology.

the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.

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Nearby words

situation comedy, situation ethics, situation room, situational irony, situational psychosis, situationism, situla, situs, situs inversus, situs picketing, situtunga

Also sit·u·a·tion·al·ism

[sich-oo-ey-shuh-nl-iz-uh m] /ˌsɪtʃ uˈeɪ ʃə nlˌɪz əm/.

Origin of situationism

situation + -ism

Related forms

sit·u·a·tion·ist, noun

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