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Preventionism

Published: 12th August 2021

Citation: Astronist Institution. (2021). Preventionism. Available: https://www.astronism.com/astronary/astrosoteriology/preventionism. Last accessed [enter date e.g. 15th Aug 2021].

prɪˈvɛnʃnɪz(ə)m

noun  Astrosoteriology

active opposition to the Astronist salvific endeavour of transcension and the set of beliefs and practices relating to it.

DERIVATIVES AND ALTERNATIVE PHRASES

Preventionist | prɪˈ vɛnʃnɪst | adjective & noun
Preventionistic | prɪˈ vɛnʃnɪstɪk | adjective
Preventionistically | prɪˈ vɛnʃnɪstɪkəli | adverb

ORIGINS AND ETYMOLOGY

Astro-English: in Astronese, the word prevention, denoting to the act of placing obstacles in the way of an endeavour, is adjoined with the suffix -ism to denote a belief or set of actions, meaning “a set of actions geared towards the stopping of something.”

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