possibilistadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpɒsᵻbᵻlɪst/,

/ˈpɒsᵻbl̩ɪst/, U.S.

/ˈpɑsəbələst/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: French possibiliste; Spanish posibilista.

Etymology: Probably partly < French possibiliste (although this is first attested slightly later: 1882 or earlier as noun, 1900 or earlier as adjective; < classical Latin possibilis possible adj. + French -iste -ist suffix), and partly < Spanish posibilista, noun and adjective (both 1862; < classical Latin possibilis + Spanish -ista -ist suffix). Compare possibilism n.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or supporting possibilism.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [adjective] > other political theories or doctrines

radical1783

progressive1830

progressist1843

abstentionist1857

restrictionist1858

communalist1871

mutualistic1874

militant1876

possibilist1881

productivist1892

radical feminist1905

rejectionist1909

minimalist1917

pan-Asian1917

maximalist1918

one-world1919

Eurasian1922

gradualistic1926

Europasian1928

gradualist1931

social revolutionary1931

renovationist1934

restrictivist1936

identitarian1943

cultural Marxist1949

1881 Daily News 18 Aug. 5/7 The Opportunist, now called the Possibilist doctrine, that everything cannot be done in a day.

1882 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 459 Communists..of the ‘Possibilist’ type.

1951 G. Tatham in T. G. Taylor Geogr. in 20th Cent. vi. 155 Possibilist statements published during the last fifty years, make quite clear the contention that Nature does not drive man along one particular road.

1964 Welsh Hist. Rev. 2 275 He begins by disavowing any intention of arguing for geographical determinism and affirms his allegiance to the ‘possibilist’ school of geographers.

1998 Jrnl. Contemp. Hist. 33 401 New taxes and Spain's failure to protect Catalan industry..brought them [sc. the industrialists] into alliance with the motley Catalanists, even though the latter—in both the conservative and the possibilist republican wings—did not specifically espouse a protectionist project.

B. n.

1. Politics. A supporter or advocate of policies aiming to bring about immediately practicable or feasible reforms; a pragmatic reformer.Now chiefly historical, with reference to French socialist or Spanish republican parties of reform in the latter part of the 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > specific parties or groups in Europe generally > members of

Caesarean1528

liberal1814

Christian Democrat1840

possibilist1886

1886 Cent. Mag. Mar. 794/1 Abstaining from all revolutionary plottings, he has proclaimed himself a ‘Possibilist’, unprepared to actively combat any government which may bring a constitutional peace to Spain.

1893 Times 8 Aug. 2/5 The Possibilists of Paris made the first notable effort to re-unite the labour parties of different countries.

1894 Cycl. Rev. Curr. Hist. (Buffalo, N.Y.) 4 898 Señor Abarzuza has been virtual leader of the possibilists or moderate republicans ever since Señor Castelar announced his retirement.

1936 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 15 Feb. 11/2 He [sc. Mazzini] was never what is called in modern phrase a ‘possibilist’. He was..that most inspiring and most dangerous product of mankind, an ‘idealist’.

1940 D. W. Brogan Devel. Mod. France vi. iii. 295 Electorally, the Possibilists naturally did better than the less practical Guesdists.

1966 H. Collins & K. Mitchell tr. J. Braunthal Hist. Internat. xvi. 197 The Guesdists, at loggerheads with the Possibilists from the beginning, boycotted the congresses called by their rivals.

1973 Times 26 Nov. 15/2 The Labour Party would be irreparably split between its moderate possibilists and its left-wing extremists.

1992 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Mar. 23 In the 1840s Paris is full of revolutionaries... After the Commune [there were]..Possibilists, Jaures, Guesde, Dreyfusards, etc.

2. Geography. A person who emphasizes human freedom of action in shaping the environment rather than the limitations imposed by the natural world.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > doctrines or theories > advocate of

universalist1850

mutualist1892

pluralist1916

possibilist1925

1925 E. G. Mountford & J. H. Paxton tr. L. Febvre Geogr. Introd. Hist. 20 We will not ask whether there are not really any cracks in the geographical edifice, and whether it is possible to follow at the same time..the ‘determinists’ after the manner of Ratzel, and what we may perhaps call the ‘possibilists’ after the pattern of Vidal.

1951 G. Tatham in T. G. Taylor Geogr. in 20th Cent. vi. 155 Possibilists do not, nor have they ever claimed, that man can free himself from all environmental influences.

1990 Time 23 Apr. 80/2 Lutzenberger..calls himself a ‘possibilist’. The Gaia Foundation, a private organisation he set up, finances problem-solving environmental projects.

2001 Canad. Geographer (Nexis) Mar. 71 The subtly reflexive relationship between climate and human activity that has been so strongly emphasized by geographers since the excesses of the determinist v. possibilist debates, is largely ignored.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	possibilist
释义	possibilistadj.n. Brit. /ˈpɒsᵻbᵻlɪst/, /ˈpɒsᵻbl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈpɑsəbələst/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: French possibiliste; Spanish posibilista. Etymology: Probably partly < French possibiliste (although this is first attested slightly later: 1882 or earlier as noun, 1900 or earlier as adjective; < classical Latin possibilis possible adj. + French -iste -ist suffix), and partly < Spanish posibilista, noun and adjective (both 1862; < classical Latin possibilis + Spanish -ista -ist suffix). Compare possibilism n. A. adj. Of, relating to, or supporting possibilism. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [adjective] > other political theories or doctrines radical1783 progressive1830 progressist1843 abstentionist1857 restrictionist1858 communalist1871 mutualistic1874 militant1876 possibilist1881 productivist1892 radical feminist1905 rejectionist1909 minimalist1917 pan-Asian1917 maximalist1918 one-world1919 Eurasian1922 gradualistic1926 Europasian1928 gradualist1931 social revolutionary1931 renovationist1934 restrictivist1936 identitarian1943 cultural Marxist1949 1881 Daily News 18 Aug. 5/7 The Opportunist, now called the Possibilist doctrine, that everything cannot be done in a day. 1882 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 459 Communists..of the ‘Possibilist’ type. 1951 G. Tatham in T. G. Taylor Geogr. in 20th Cent. vi. 155 Possibilist statements published during the last fifty years, make quite clear the contention that Nature does not drive man along one particular road. 1964 Welsh Hist. Rev. 2 275 He begins by disavowing any intention of arguing for geographical determinism and affirms his allegiance to the ‘possibilist’ school of geographers. 1998 Jrnl. Contemp. Hist. 33 401 New taxes and Spain's failure to protect Catalan industry..brought them [sc. the industrialists] into alliance with the motley Catalanists, even though the latter—in both the conservative and the possibilist republican wings—did not specifically espouse a protectionist project. B. n. 1. Politics. A supporter or advocate of policies aiming to bring about immediately practicable or feasible reforms; a pragmatic reformer.Now chiefly historical, with reference to French socialist or Spanish republican parties of reform in the latter part of the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > specific parties or groups in Europe generally > members of Caesarean1528 liberal1814 Christian Democrat1840 possibilist1886 1886 Cent. Mag. Mar. 794/1 Abstaining from all revolutionary plottings, he has proclaimed himself a ‘Possibilist’, unprepared to actively combat any government which may bring a constitutional peace to Spain. 1893 Times 8 Aug. 2/5 The Possibilists of Paris made the first notable effort to re-unite the labour parties of different countries. 1894 Cycl. Rev. Curr. Hist. (Buffalo, N.Y.) 4 898 Señor Abarzuza has been virtual leader of the possibilists or moderate republicans ever since Señor Castelar announced his retirement. 1936 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 15 Feb. 11/2 He [sc. Mazzini] was never what is called in modern phrase a ‘possibilist’. He was..that most inspiring and most dangerous product of mankind, an ‘idealist’. 1940 D. W. Brogan Devel. Mod. France vi. iii. 295 Electorally, the Possibilists naturally did better than the less practical Guesdists. 1966 H. Collins & K. Mitchell tr. J. Braunthal Hist. Internat. xvi. 197 The Guesdists, at loggerheads with the Possibilists from the beginning, boycotted the congresses called by their rivals. 1973 Times 26 Nov. 15/2 The Labour Party would be irreparably split between its moderate possibilists and its left-wing extremists. 1992 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Mar. 23 In the 1840s Paris is full of revolutionaries... After the Commune [there were]..Possibilists, Jaures, Guesde, Dreyfusards, etc. 2. Geography. A person who emphasizes human freedom of action in shaping the environment rather than the limitations imposed by the natural world. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > doctrines or theories > advocate of universalist1850 mutualist1892 pluralist1916 possibilist1925 1925 E. G. Mountford & J. H. Paxton tr. L. Febvre Geogr. Introd. Hist. 20 We will not ask whether there are not really any cracks in the geographical edifice, and whether it is possible to follow at the same time..the ‘determinists’ after the manner of Ratzel, and what we may perhaps call the ‘possibilists’ after the pattern of Vidal. 1951 G. Tatham in T. G. Taylor Geogr. in 20th Cent. vi. 155 Possibilists do not, nor have they ever claimed, that man can free himself from all environmental influences. 1990 Time 23 Apr. 80/2 Lutzenberger..calls himself a ‘possibilist’. The Gaia Foundation, a private organisation he set up, finances problem-solving environmental projects. 2001 Canad. Geographer (Nexis) Mar. 71 The subtly reflexive relationship between climate and human activity that has been so strongly emphasized by geographers since the excesses of the determinist v. possibilist debates, is largely ignored. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1881
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