emanationistadj.
1. In sociology, relating to the theory that behaviour is conditioned exclusively by environment.
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1937 T. Parsons Struct. Social Action xiv. 536 A naive ‘emanationist’ view of the mechanisms of the influence of nonscientific ideas.
2. Relating to the philosophical theory of the origin of the world by emanation.
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1941 G. G. Scholem Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism vii. 256 The emanationist doctrine of Neoplatonism.
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