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focalism

focalism

English

Noun

focalism (uncountable)

  1. (psychology) anchoring
    • 2007, Roy F. Baumeister and Kathleen D. Vohs (eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, p. 353:
      How can focalism be reduced? The method of debiasing depends on the type of focalism affecting one's judgments.
  2. A revolutionary strategy which posited that military vanguardism could lead to general rebellion.
    • 2016, Brendan Michael, The Cold War Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Cold War, p. 168:
      While focalism drew from previous Marxist-Leninist ideas and the Maoist strategy of protracted people's war, it also broke with many of the mid-Cold War era's established communist parties.

Synonyms

  • (revolutionary strategy): foquism