lateralism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An organizational structure in which competing interests of equal power negotiate with each other.
Uncountable
noun
A scheme for how nations work together or compete, such as multilateralism, bilateralism, unilateralism, etc.
Countable
noun
Lateral thinking; the process of approaching a subject from multiple sides, or an instance of this process.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Thus, career ladders existed in the industry as a whole, not in the Royal Court itself, which contributed to a sense of lateralism rather than hierarchy in the hotel. Lateralism was also reflected in the Royal Court's minimal specialization, largely because of its size."
- "The appropriate organisational structure would be open with a preponderance for lateralism."
- "First, there are moves towards 'environmental lateralism' as nation-states seek to join together collectively to fight climate change."
- "Democracies did particularly badly against lateralism, because their politicians were working to very short agendas. They did nothing decisive to save the ecospherre, as everything had to be balanced to appease competing interests. Lateralism ignored wealth. Soon, there were only guards, goods, and obscenely rich people left in conventional economies."
- "One simple distinction commonly made among the lateralisms is the number of parties involved in the transaction."
- "While I should like to believe this— especially now that US commitment to multilateralism is diluted by other "lateralisms" (Summers, 1991)-- more needs to be done before it can be considered proven beyond reasonable doubt."