Home
Random
Log in
Settings
Donations
About Wiktionary
Disclaimers
Search
inventionism
Language
Watch
Edit
Contents
1
English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Coordinate terms
1.2.2
Related terms
1.2.3
See also
English
edit
Etymology
edit
invention
+
-ism
Noun
edit
inventionism
(
uncountable
)
The belief that elements of a
culture
developed
within that culture rather than being
absorbed
through contact with other cultures.
Coordinate terms
edit
diffusionism
Related terms
edit
inventionist
See also
edit
migrationism