essentialism

Noun

countable uncountable

(philosophy) The view that objects have properties that are essential to them.

Japanese Meaning

本質主義：対象が固有の、本質的な性質や属性に基づいて存在しているという哲学的な見方。

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In his lecture, he defended essentialism as the foundation for understanding identity across time.

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講義で彼は、物が本質的な性質を持つという見解（本質主義）を、時間を超えた同一性の理解の基礎として擁護した。

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(philosophy) The view that objects have properties that are essential to them.

More problematic is the essentialism that interests modal logicians, namely "the view that some attributes belong to an object by necessity whereas others belong to it contingently."

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(sociology) The view that all members of certain groups of people (such as those with the same race, gender, age, or sexual orientation) have common, essential traits inherent to the defining feature of the group; (also) behavior or statement(s) that reflect such a view.

A closer examination of the components of essentialism is required for a better understanding of the relation between essentialism and prejudice toward the two social categories of interest in this dissertation, African Americans and gay men.

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A lifestyle that seeks to minimize nonessentials in order to focus on what is important.

In this example is the basic value proposition of Essentialism: only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.

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