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Sociocultural evolutionism

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cultural evolutionismnounFollowing of cultural evolution.
social evolutionismnounFollowing of social evolution.
culturalismnounA belief system that emphasizes the role of culture.
neoevolutionistnoun(sociology, anthropology) A proponent of neoevolutionism.
culturalistnounOne who subscribes to culturalism.
transformationalismnoun(theology) A fusion of evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, and ecumenism that became prominent in the early 21st century; transformational Christianity.
neoevolutionnounThe elaboration of Darwin's theory of evolution that incorporates knowledge about genetics.
unilineal evolutionnoun(social sciences, anthropology) The theory, now considered obsolete, that societies evolve in a single direction toward complexity, progress, and civilization.
socioconstructivismnoun(sociology) social constructivism
theistic evolutionistnounA proponent of theistic evolution.
ethnotheorynounA belief shared by members of an ethnic group
simulationismnounBelief in the simulation hypothesis.
social darwinismnoun(sciences) The theory that the laws of evolution by natural selection also apply to social structures.
deistic evolutionismnounThe belief in deistic evolution.
culturismnoun(politics, uncountable) A right-wing political movement that opposes multiculturalism and promotes Western culture.
sociocentrismnounThe tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own social group or society.
societistnounA proponent of societism.
societalizationnounThe theory attributed to sociologist Jeffrey C. Alexander that social problems become objects of concern for the broader public sphere once actors within the sphere where the problem originated are shown to have infringed against the sphere's own values and failed to solve it internally (e.g. journalists revealing Catholic Church leaders' coverups of sexual abuse of children by priests).
culturistnounAn advocate of culture.
agelicismnoun(sociology) The belief, associated with Émile Durkheim, that the behavior and traits of an individual are determined by his or her social group.

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