accommodationism

accommodationism

English

Etymology

    From accommodation + -ism.

    Noun

    accommodationism (uncountable)

    1. A policy of being accommodating; in particular, of accommodating an opposition (e.g. politically), especially with regard to established religions (state religions), freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
      • 2007, Dr Jason J McDonald, American Ethnic History, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 144:
        Other historians argue that accommodationism has been the prevalent form of ethnic collective action merely because it was the only option available to many  []

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