solutionism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The belief that all difficulties have benign solutions, often of a technocratic nature.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Solutionism is just a belief that for every problem there exists a solution; and successful persons are those who solve problems."
- "So before we can embark on discussing the shortcomings of solutionism in areas like politics or crime prevention, it's worth getting a better grasp of the pernicious intellectual influence of Internet-centrism—a task we turn to in the next chapter."
- "Evgeny Morozov defines this trend as solutionism: a normal problem-solving apparatus gone into overdrive (Morozov 2013). Thanks to ICTs, Morozov claims, new types of solutions that weren't possible a few years ago are now ready at hand."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin solūtiō Latin solūtiōnembor. Old French solucionbor. Middle English solucioun English solution Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English solutionism From solution + -ism.