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  • noun The belief that changes in one culture are caused by diffusion of ideas from another, especially the West.

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diffusion +‎ -ism

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Examples

  • The diffusionism viewpoint does not have much of a following today, owing to the extreme claim of the diffusionists that all social change could be explained by diffusion alone.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

  • The diffusionism viewpoint does not have a following today, owing to the extreme claims of the diffusionists that all social change could be explained by diffusion alone.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003

  • The diffusionism viewpoint does not have a following today, owing to the extreme claims of the diffusionists that all social change could be explained by diffusion alone.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003

  • Admitting to an open mind on diffusionism was a one-way ticket to oblivion for a mainstream archaeologist.

    SERPENT CLIVE CUSSLER 2000

  • Admitting to an open mind on diffusionism was a one-way ticket to oblivion for a mainstream archaeologist.

    SERPENT CLIVE CUSSLER 2000

  • I am merely following early 20th century scholars like Sir Arthur Evans, Eduard Meyer and Gordon Childe who worked on the very reasonable principle of "modified diffusionism."

    An Exchange on 'Black Athena' Bernal, Martin 1992

  • For in - stance, a quarter of a century later, “diffusionism” became extremely popular in England under the influ - ence of G. Elliot Smith's Pan-Egyptianism.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas MIRCEA ELIADE 1968

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