English Explanatory Dictionary

diagonalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The coming together of antagonistic groups around one issue on which they find common ground, for instance the rejection of vaccination.

Word forms

diagonalism

Etymology

From diagonal + -ism, based on German Querdenken (literally “diagonal thinking”). Coined by Canadian historian and professor Quinn Slobodian and political scientist William Callison in the context of the German Querdenker (“anti-vaxx”) movement during the COVID-19 pandemic, see quotations.

Related words

diagonalist horseshoe theory
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