Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

behalfism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-hal-fism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A policy of doing things on behalf of others.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Having executed the 'Floods' series, Patwardhan became once more seized by his fear of behalfism: Was he, as an artist, exploiting his subject? From this dilemma, there arose a series of studies of the artist in his studio."
"[…] I'm not positively discriminating in favour of black and Asian programme-makers. Behalfism, I call it, always doing something on behalf of others, always being representative."

Etymology

From behalf + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: behalf

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does behalfism mean?: A policy of doing things on behalf of others.
Where does behalfism come from?: From behalf + -ism.

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