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- noun
Apolitical behaviour.
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The goal (s) of life tenure, namely apoliticism, can be achieved without life appointments.
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The goal (s) of life tenure, namely apoliticism, can be achieved without life appointments.
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There are times when I think that public engagement is inherently corrosive of authenticity and integrity and as a field inherently rewards the other-directed and the power-driven state of mind- but then I remember what private life looks like if left too long without exposure to public sunlight, and how inescapable convention becomes without a culture of public critical scrutiny- and then apoliticism seems not to be an option.
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Thus, the defenses against the two charges of apoliticism and unnecessary esotericism are often quite similar: continental feminist theory is committed to questioning such deeply held, deeply embedded concepts that it must of necessity adopt new kinds of language, new kinds of models, that are by definition counterintuitive.
Continental Feminism Cahill, Ann J. 2005
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Their apoliticism can be attributed to the fact that Wat Dhammagunaram follows Theravada Buddhism, the thriving school in Thailand and one that emphasizes solitary life and personal religious discipline.
The Buddhist Channel 2008
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Such comments seem largely a reflection of the LDS church’s official policy of apoliticism on the local level.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Though historically such apoliticism has been definitive of modern Mormons’ worship experience, a departure from this norm occurred during the 2008 election season, when the First Presidency of the Church issued a statement to be read by bishops over the pulpit in California wards.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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I don’t excuse misogyny–or apoliticism that condones it–for any person at any point in life.
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