English Explanatory Dictionary

Afghanistanism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice of concentrating on problems in distant parts of the world while ignoring controversial local issues.

Word forms

Afghanistanism Afghanistanisms

Etymology

From Afghanistan + -ism. The first recorded use is by Jenkin Lloyd Jones, editor of the Tulsa Tribune, in 1948; see quotation below.

Related words

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