• Whateverism

    Origin

    whatever + -ism

    Full definition of whateverism

    Noun

    whateverism

    (uncountable)
    1. (politics) Adherence to the Two Whatevers: "We will resolutely uphold whatever policy decisions made, and unswervingly follow whatever instructions Chairman Mao gave."
    2. (rare) Belief in whatever; apathy, nothingarianism.
      • 2005, Christian Smith, Melinda Lundquist Denton, Soul searching: the religious and spiritual lives of American teenagersMost religious communities' central problem is not teen rebellion but teenagers' benign “whateverism.”
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