horizontalism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Horizontalism is not described as an ideology but as a relationship—a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time continually creating through the process of discovery."
- "The accounts Sitrin gathered from the direct participation in the Argentine uprising demonstrate that for many, horizontalism was perhaps an anti-ideological ideology composed of a fluid mixture of flexible, participatory, non-dogmatic values and practices oriented around consensus, federalism, and self-management."
- "Indeed, it has been said that in horizontalism, commercial banks lend to all who demand credit."
Etymology
From horizontal + -ism. The sense “equitable distribution of power” is a calque of Spanish horizontalidad, originating from the 2001 protests in Argentina.
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Synonyms
horizontalidad
horizontality