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   es·sen·tial·ism

   /əˈsen(t)SHəˌlizəm/

   noun

   • 1. a belief that things have a set of characteristics which make them what they are, and that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery and expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence.
   • ▪ the view that all children should be taught on traditional lines the ideas and methods regarded as essential to the prevalent culture.
   • ▪ the view that categories of people, such as women and men, or heterosexuals and gay people, or members of ethnic groups, have intrinsically different and characteristic natures or dispositions.

   Derivatives

   • 1. essentialist noun

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