Meaning of behalfism | Babel Free

Definitions

A policy of doing things on behalf of others.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“Having executed the 'Floods' series, Patwardhan became once more seized by his fear of behalfism: Was he, as an artist, exploiting his subject? From this dilemma, there arose a series of studies of the artist in his studio.”

“[…] I'm not positively discriminating in favour of black and Asian programme-makers. Behalfism, I call it, always doing something on behalf of others, always being representative.”

CEFR level