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Meaning of "impossibilism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPOSSIBILISM

impossibilism  [ɪmˈpɒsɪbəlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPOSSIBILISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Impossibilism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IMPOSSIBILISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Impossibilism

Impossibilism is a theory on the emergence of socialism and a Marxist perspective that stresses the limited value of political, economic and social reforms within a capitalist economy. It argues that the pursuit of such reforms is counterproductive because they strengthen support for the existing system, thereby helping to ensure the continuation of the capitalism. Impossibilism holds that the pursuit of such reforms should not be a major concern for socialists because they are irrelevant, if not counter-productive, to the goal of realizing socialism. Impossibilism insists that socialists should solely focus on structural changes to society as opposed to advancing social reforms. Impossibilists argue that spontaneous revolutionary action is the only viable method of instituting the structural changes necessary for the construction of socialism. Impossibilism is thus held in contrast to reformist socialist parties that aim to rally support for socialism through the implementation of popular social reforms or those who believe that socialism can emerge through gradual economic reforms implemented by an elected social democratic political party.

Definition of impossibilism in the English dictionary

The first definition of impossibilism in the dictionary is a belief that everything is impossible, defeatism. Other definition of impossibilism is a socialist interpretation suggesting that reforms are generally impossible and that revolutionary action is the only way to bring about socialism. Impossibilism is also a small art movement focusing on objects, such as 3 dimensional objects in 2 dimensional spaces that disobey the laws of logic.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPOSSIBILISM


ametabolism
eɪmɪˈtæbəlɪzəm
anti-imperialism
ˌæntɪɪmˈpɪərɪəlɪzəm
anti-intellectualism
ˌæntɪˌɪntɪˈlɛktʃʊəlɪzəm
anticlericalism
ˌæntɪˈklɛrɪkəlɪzəm
bicameralism
baɪˈkæmərəlɪzəm
bilingualism
baɪˈlɪŋɡwəlɪzəm
commensalism
kəˈmɛnsəlɪzəm
cruciverbalism
ˌkruːsɪˈvɜːbəlɪzəm
evangelicalism
ˌiːvænˈdʒɛlɪkəlɪzəm
exceptionalism
ɪkˈsɛpʃənəlɪzəm
factionalism
ˈfækʃənəlɪzəm
globalism
ˈɡləʊbəlɪzəm
herbalism
ˈhɜːbəlɪzəm
hyperrealism
ˌhaɪpəˈrɪəlɪzəm
multilingualism
ˌmʌltɪˈlɪŋɡwəlɪzəm
neorealism
ˌniːəʊˈriːəlɪzəm
parochialism
pəˈrəʊkɪəlɪzəm
racialism
ˈreɪʃəlɪzəm
triumphalism
traɪˈʌmfəlɪzəm
unilateralism
ˈjuːnɪˈlætərəlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPOSSIBILISM

imposable
impose
imposer
imposing
imposing stone
imposing table
imposingly
imposingness
imposition
impossibilist
impossibilities
impossibility
impossible
impossible figure
impossibleness
impossibly
impost
imposter
imposthumate
imposthumation

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPOSSIBILISM

automobilism
bibliophilism
devilism
fallibilism
Familism
immobilism
infantilism
journalism
mercantilism
necrophilism
Negrophilism
nihilism
perfectibilism
possibilism
probabilism
pugilism
servilism
symphilism
troilism
virilism
zoophilism

Synonyms and antonyms of impossibilism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «impossibilism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPOSSIBILISM

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The translations of impossibilism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «impossibilism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

impossibilism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

imposibilismo
570 millions of speakers

English

impossibilism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

impossibilism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

impossibilism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

impossibilism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

impossibilism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

impossibilism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

impossibilisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Impossibilisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

impossibilism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

impossibilism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

impossibilism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Impossibilisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

impossibilism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

impossibilism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्वास्थ्यतेची भावना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

impossibilism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impossibilism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

impossibilism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

impossibilism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

imposibilism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

impossibilism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

impossibilism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

impossibilism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

impossibilism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of impossibilism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPOSSIBILISM»

The term «impossibilism» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.392 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPOSSIBILISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «impossibilism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «impossibilism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about impossibilism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPOSSIBILISM»

Discover the use of impossibilism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to impossibilism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Contemporary Debates in Metaphysics
CHAPTER. 7.2. Compatibilism,. Incompatibilism,. and. Impossibilism. Kadri. Vihvelin. Debates that claim to be about the free will/determinism problem often aren't. Incom— patibilism is usually understood as the claim that the truth of ...
Theodore Sider, John Hawthorne, Dean W. Zimmerman, 2013
2
The University of Neoliberal Arts
Impossibilism Impossibilism is the philosophical doctrine that states that everything is impossible. If everything is impossible, it would mean that certain possible things are impossible for being impossible. Therefore, certain things are possible, ...
Keith Ferreira, 2006
3
Causes, Laws, and Free Will: Why Determinism Doesn't Matter
In the next section I examine five fatalist arguments for impossibilism and show that they all fail, and some for reasons more subtle than is usually thought. This will be important to my argument in the rest of the book, for the intuitions that ...
Kadri Vihvelin, 2013
4
Libertarian Socialism: Anarchism in Vietnam, Communalism ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
5
Walter Lippmann: Odyssey of a Liberal
Had not the young journalist veered perilously close to "impossibilism" in his scathing denunciations of the Lunn administration? True, Lippmann had never swallowed whole-hog the sentiments of a Robert Rives La Monte, but Morris Hillquit ...
Barry D. Riccio, 1994
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The Rise of the New West: The History of a Region in ...
The SPC propounded the doctrine of “impossibilism” in response to the bosses' intransigence. Their views could not have been more blunt and direct: capitalism could not be reformed, trade unions were largely useless efforts, and the only ...
John F. Conway, 2014
7
Language-meaning-social Construction Interdisciplinary Studies
Colin B. Grant, Donal McLaughlin. reversal of his price rise, C has conceded to H on the correctness of his rationalist means. C 's impossibilism ~ H's minor victory 56a C: b c d e 5,7 - SSa C: b c 59 H: 60s C: b ( . ) yeah . At the=at the heel of the ...
Colin B. Grant, Donal McLaughlin, 2001
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Restorative Justice in Context
In this way, we might avoid the twin pitfalls of idealism and impossibilism which [ have] informed much of the debate so far. All of us conducting research on restorative justice should heed Matthews' advice. Today, we are in an optimistic phase.
Elmar G. M. Weitekamp, Hans-Jürgen Kerner, 2012
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The History of the Social-Democratic Federation
This uneasy mixture of reformism and impossibilism was exacerbated by the leadership's temptation to swim with the tide of political disenchantment with Labour which existed after 1 906. The consequence was that the SDF 'guides' were ...
Martin Crick, 1994
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Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas
... pedagogy, altemative communes, and labour, Thomas illustrates their impact on a wider political culture. In the process, he outlines a contrast between pragmatist possibilism and purist impossibilism. He argues that anarchists were effective ...
Robert Graham, 2009

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPOSSIBILISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term impossibilism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Open letter to Shell's Ben van Beurden from John Ashton
2C was not a casual reaction to civil society impossibilism. It was a political judgement, informed by science, about the threshold beyond which ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
2
Shell's climate change strategy: narcissistic, paranoid, and …
2C was not a casual reaction to civil society impossibilism. It was a political judgement, informed by science, about the threshold beyond which ... «RTCC, Mar 15»
3
African Spring: What SA labour leaders really want?
“The essence of impossibilism is to set workers off after a set of demands which are impossible to achieve. Which is not as daft as it looks. «BizNews, Jul 14»
4
Tony Benn: a courageous Daniel to the last
... he was mocked and derided, labelled the most hated man in Britain and dismissed by Neil Kinnock for personifying the left's "impossibilism". «The Guardian, Mar 14»
5
Prime Minister Miliband? People will just not buy it
It is not "impossibilism" to say so. It is not impossible to enact reforms in the name of the majority. It appears, however, that unpopular Ed is not ... «Herald Scotland, Sep 13»
6
Jimmy Reid – the people's Stalinist
As McTernan wrote: “Not for Jimmy Reid the revolutionary impossibilism of the hard left … Reid stood for an austere working-class morality. «Workers' Liberty, Sep 10»
7
Jimmy Reid: Last of the great Clyde-built liners slips off
Not for Jimmy Reid the revolutionary impossibilism of the hard Left – he witnessed for his values in his actions. His lifetime saw the end of the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 10»

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