English Explanatory Dictionary

Actionism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Viennese Actionism, a school of art which started in Vienna, Austria.
  2. The ideology of 1960s Radicals.
noun
  1. An excessive emphasis on action, activity, or change in lieu of continuity, stability, and permanence.
  2. Belief in or advocacy of taking action; activism.

Word forms

Actionism actionisms

Etymology

The second sense was used by Theodor W. Adorno.

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