productionismn.
/prəˈdʌkʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /prəˈdʌkʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /prəˈdəkʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/, /proʊˈdəkʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Belief in the importance of production (in various senses); esp. belief in an economic and political system in which production forms the basis of wealth.
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society > trade and finance > [noun] > principles and practice of > system of economic doctrine
prohibitiona1641
protection1719
mercantile system1776
mercantile doctrine1816
mercantile theory1820
protectionism1846
productionism1929
society > occupation and work > business affairs > management methods or systems > [noun] > doctrines
productionism1929
technicism1932
managerialism1942
1929 Times 15 Mar. 14/3 The great chariot of productionism, thus loaded, creaks, halts, advances, and creaks again.
1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Oct. 858/1 They [sc. some plays] may be unreadable..because the author was obsessed by the theory of ‘productionism’ and..contributed nothing of substance or of design but only a few wisps of straw.
1963 J. S. Huxley in New Scientist 27 June 713/2 In the USSR we have an analogous situation that may be called ‘productionism’ largely to keep up with and beat the USA in industrial efficiency.
1987 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 22/4 Even on the soft-centre Left..some lip-service is paid to the free market and to the importance of wealth creation, or productionism, as Mr Kinnock likes to call it.
2000 Independent on Sunday 6 Aug. i. 21/4 Productionism has enslaved farmers. From being the producer the farmer is someone who is exploited.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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