Definitions For Situationism

Noun

SITUATIONISM. (countable and uncountable, plural SITUATIONISMs) (psychology) A school of thought which holds that personality is more influenced by external factors than by internal traits or motivations. (politics) A mid-20th-century offshoot of marxism, influenced by avant-garde art movements. : {{cot, en, Lettrism}}

Usage notes

Members of the political movement avoided the term situationism and referred to it by the name of the founding organization, {{w, Situationist International}} (SI).

Related terms

situationist {{w, Situationist International}}

Translations

Finnish: situationismi German: Situationismus, Personismus, m Italian: situazionismo, m

Etymology

situation + ism