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whateverism
noun 3
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2ADJ.
benign, picked
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noun
1
An adherence to the Two Whatevers: We will resolutely uphold whatever policy decisions Chairman Mao made, and unswervingly follow whatever instructions Chairman Mao gave.
The critique of “whateverism” picked up added momentum in late June, when People's Daily published an article by a “special correspondent” who argued that it was not necessarily a revisionist sin to update the Thought of Mao Zedong periodically in accordance with the requirements of a changing reality.
2
A belief in whatever; apathy, nothingarianism.
Most religious communities' central problem is not teen rebellion but teenagers' benign “whateverism.”
In Always On, Naomi Baron […] argues that because we write more than ever before, an inattention to how we write has crept in, a sense of 'linguistic whateverism'.
3
Synonym of ism (an ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism)
[Terrence] Malick’s ponderously poetic whateverism informs the pacing here, although writer-director David Lowery’s 90-minute mood piece is certainly a bit tighter.
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The critique of “whateverism” picked up added momentum in late June, when People's Daily published an article by a “special correspondent” who argued that it was not necessarily a revisionist sin to u
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Most religious communities' central problem is not teen rebellion but teenagers' benign “whateverism.”
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In Always On, Naomi Baron […] argues that because we write more than ever before, an inattention to how we write has crept in, a sense of 'linguistic whateverism'.
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