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focalism
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Etymology
Noun
focalism (uncountable)
- (psychology) Synonym of anchoring.
- 2007, Roy F. Baumeister, Kathleen D. Vohs (eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, page 353:
- How can focalism be reduced? The method of debiasing depends on the type of focalism affecting one's judgments.
- 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, page 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
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