Meaning of whateverism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An adherence to the Two Whatevers: We will resolutely uphold whatever policy decisions Chairman Mao made, and unswervingly follow whatever instructions Chairman Mao gave.
   countable, uncountable
2. A belief in whatever; apathy, nothingarianism.
   countable, rare, uncountable
3. Synonym of ism (an ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism)
   countable

Examples

“The critique of “whateverism” picked up added momentum in late June, when People's Daily published an article by a “special correspondent” who argued that it was not necessarily a revisionist sin to update⟳ the Thought of Mao Zedong periodically in accordance with the requirements of a changing reality.”

“Most religious communities' central problem is not teen rebellion but teenagers' benign “whateverism.””

“In Always On, Naomi Baron […] argues that because we write⟳ more than ever before, an inattention to how we write⟳ has crept in, a sense⟳ of 'linguistic whateverism'.”

“Work⟳ is as important as family is as important as sex, and this isn't nihilism so much as whateverism – whatever's happening right now. It's not that nothing matters; it's that everything matters, until it doesn't any more.”

“[Terrence] Malick’s ponderously poetic whateverism informs the pacing here, although writer-director David Lowery’s 90-minute mood piece is certainly a bit tighter.”

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