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possibilism|ˈpɒsɪbɪlɪz(ə)m|
[ad. F. possibilisme: see -ism.]
A possibilist doctrine or view; a. in Politics; b. in Geogr.
a.1915G. B. Shaw in New Statesman 23 Jan. 386/2 Having noticed that modern Secularism, Materialism, Rationalism: in short, Possibilism, have brought the minds of Mr Blatchford and Mr McCabe to a dead stop..they [sc. the Chestertons]..have frankly embraced Impossibilism. 1954G. D. H. Cole Hist. Socialist Thought II. xv. 248 Paul Brousse's Possibilism, which stressed the importance of reform within capitalism, was definitely unorthodox doctrine. 1974tr. Wertheim's Evolution & Revolution iii. 376, I could not endorse possibilism if it claims that all solutions have equal chances of materializing.
b.1925H. Berr in Mountford & Paxton tr. Febvre's Geogr. Introd. Hist. p. xi, He [sc. Febvre] has found striking formulae in which to state the question precisely. Against the geographical determinism of Ratzel he sets the possibilism of Vidal de la Blache. 1951G. Tatham in T. G. Taylor Geogr. in 20th Cent. vi. 151 The development of Possibilism is closely linked with the writings of Vidal de la Blache and Brunnes in France. 1965H. & M. Sprout Ecol. Perspective Human Affairs v. 83 The doctrine called environmental possibilism, or simply possibilism, represents an historic reversal of perspective towards man-milieu relationships. 1974Kolars & Nystuen Geogr. xx. 375 The message of possibilism is that the environment offers not one, but many, paths for human activities and development. |