peripheralism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
peripheral + -ism
Noun[edit]
peripheralism (uncountable)
- A policy of focusing on what is peripheral.
- 2005, A. Johnston, Hegemony and Culture in the Origins of NATO Nuclear First-Use, 1945–1955:
- The United States adjusted to its interest in defending Europe, but did so with the smallest impact on its existing strategic identity, an instinct toward peripheralism.