politicism

English

Etymology

politic +‎ -ism

Noun

politicism (plural politicisms)

1. A political utterance.
   • 2011, Jonathan Howard, Johannes Cabal the Detective:

     […] he had been spouting ill-considered politicisms the previous evening yet now, contrariwise, he was silent.

2. (usually derogatory) The theory that political factors dominate over others.
   • 2000, Mario Bunge, “Two Unification Strategies in Social Sciences: Reduction and Integration”, in The Problem of the Unity of Science, page 145:

     Politicism is the view that all human endeavors are power struggles. Thus, according to Michel Foucault, even art would be cultivated for the sake of power.

   • 2006, Philippe Crignon, “Beyond the States. What Hobbes and Levinas Teach us About International Justice”, in Political Practices and International Order, page 184:

     May Hobbes's radical politicism (politics above all) and Levinas's radical ethicism (ethics before all) eventually meet at some point?

   • 2016, Theodore Cohn, Global Political Economy, 6th edition, page 4:

     IPE theorists criticize some political scientists for politicism; i.e., for devoting too much attention to politics.