Definition of survivalism in English:
survivalism
noun səˈvʌɪv(ə)lɪz(ə)msərˈvaɪvəˌlɪzəm
mass noun1The practising of outdoor survival skills as a sport or hobby.
Example sentencesExamples
- From an early age, he was obsessed with survivalism.
2The policy of trying to ensure one's own survival or that of one's social or national group.
Example sentencesExamples
- However, a utopianism that has shrunk to the dimensions of survivalism is perhaps part of the problem rather than its solution.
- Darwin's survivalism supplied Marx's opiate, if only indirectly.
- I suggest that Acorn is best viewed as a kind of left-wing communitarian survivalism.
- In a time when social change is off the agenda, therapy culture unites conservatism and radicalism under an umbrella of survivalism.
Definition of survivalism in US English:
survivalism
nounsərˈvaɪvəˌlɪzəmsərˈvīvəˌlizəm
1The practicing of outdoor survival skills as a sport or hobby.
Example sentencesExamples
- From an early age, he was obsessed with survivalism.
2The policy of trying to ensure one's own survival or that of one's social or national group.
Example sentencesExamples
- Darwin's survivalism supplied Marx's opiate, if only indirectly.
- However, a utopianism that has shrunk to the dimensions of survivalism is perhaps part of the problem rather than its solution.
- In a time when social change is off the agenda, therapy culture unites conservatism and radicalism under an umbrella of survivalism.
- I suggest that Acorn is best viewed as a kind of left-wing communitarian survivalism.