Meaning of omnicause | Babel Free

Definitions

The intersectional relatedness of major political causes and issues, especially in the context of such relatedness being false or exaggerated.

neologism

Examples

“Palestinians have attained this status: as a group, they tick a great many intersectional victim boxes, while Omnicause adherents have long viewed Israel’s behaviour as a metonym for American oppression, both internally (racism, slavery) and externally (global imperial hegemony).”

“But it was ever thus. Radical activism has always been a multipack deal. Our omnicause encompassed apartheid, Nicaragua, nuclear disarmament, the miners’ strike and that Thatcher-era hardy perennial, The Cuts.”

“The impact the critical race theory discipline has had on how the omnicause is articulated cannot be overstressed.”

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