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Afghanistanism U.S. colloq.|æfˈgænɪstəˌnɪz(ə)m|
[f. the name of Afghanistan as the type of a distant land + -ism.]
Preoccupation (esp. of journalists) with events far distant, as a diversion from controversial issues at home (see quots.).
1961H. B. Jackson Mass Communications Dict. 6 Afghanistanism, a criticism leveled against newspaper editors for avoiding community causes and issues and for advocating causes and issues far enough away to remain unchallenged by unoriented readers. 1971Observer 12 Sept. 7/4 The ‘radical chic’ find indignation easier about injustices in far-away America or Russia than those in our own midst: I believe this syndrome is called Afghanistanism. 1976Maclean's Mag. 28 June 52 Afghanistanism..is a malady that encourages pontification on problems far distant while conveniently ignoring the home front. 1980National Jrnl. (U.S.) XII. iv. 153 In 1980,..with events in Afghanistan applying with deadly relevance to vital U.S. interests, President Carter has successfully contrived to give the practice of ‘Afghanistanism’ a totally opposite meaning. 1982Business Week 14 June 15/1 Critics once scoffed that certain segments of the U.S. press suffered from ‘Afghanistanism’... The malady..now deserves another name. |