accommodationism

English

Etymology

accommodation +‎ -ism

Noun

accommodationism (uncountable)

1. A policy of being accommodating; in particular, of accommodating and compromising with an opposition (e.g. politically).
   • 2007, Dr Jason J McDonald, American Ethnic History, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 144:

     Other historians argue that accommodationism has been the prevalent form of ethnic collective action merely because it was the only option available to many  […]

Related terms

• accommodationist

Translations

policy of being accommodating

• Portuguese: acomodacionismo m