essentialisme

esɑ̃sjalism

Definition

Definition of essentialisme - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

philosophie

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doctrine qui étudie la nature fondamentale et immuable des choses

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L'essentialisme platonicien affirme l'existence d'essences éternelles.

biologie

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conception que les espèces vivantes ont des essences fixes et distinctes

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L'essentialisme s'oppose à l'évolutionnisme en biologie moderne.

fixisme

ethnicité

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conception que les ethnies diffèrent par essence de façon immuable

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L'essentialisme culturel est critiqué par les anthropologues contemporains.

genre

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conception que hommes et femmes ont des rôles naturellement distincts

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L'essentialisme de genre justifie souvent les inégalités sociales.

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Origin of essentialisme

latin, essentia (essence) + ismus (suffixe)

Examples of essentialisme in a sentence

L'essentialisme influence la pensée éducative traditionnelle.
L’essentialisme a longtemps dominé la pensée biologique.
Certains manuels scolaires présentent encore l’essentialisme comme théorie.
L’essentialisme alimente souvent les préjugés raciaux.
Certains débats politiques reposent sur l’essentialisme.
L’essentialisme influence certains débats sur l’éducation.

On critique l’essentialisme dans les études de genre modernes.

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English:essentialism, gender essentialism, ...
German:Essentialismus, Wesenslehre, ...
Italian:essenzialismo, ...
Spanish:esencialismo, esencialismo étnico, ...
Portuguese:essencialismo, ...
Chinese:本质主义, 性别本质主义, ...
Japanese:本質主義, エッセンシャリズム, ...
Arabic:المذهب الجوهري, النزعة الجوهريّة, ...
Hebrew:אֶסֶנְצִיאָלִיזְם, תְּפִיסַת מַהוּת, ...
Russian:эссенциализм, теория неизменной сущности, ...
Ukrainian:есенціалізм, теорія незмінних сутностей, ...
Catalan:essentialisme, ...
Danish:essentialisme, essenslære, ...
Dutch:essentialisme, essentie, ...
Greek:ουσιοκρατία, εσενσιαλισμός, ...
Hungarian:esszencializmus, ...
Khmer:សារវាទ, សារសំខាន់និយម, ...
Korean:본질주의, 에센셜리즘, ...
Polish:esencjalizm, istotyzm, ...
Portuguese (BR):essencialismo, teoria da essência, ...
Romanian:esențialism, ...
Swedish:essentialism, essentialistisk syn på etnicitet, ...
Thai:ลัทธิเอสเซนเชียลิสม์, ลัทธิแก่นแท้, ...
Turkish:özcülük, esansiyalizm, ...
Vietnamese:chủ nghĩa bản chất, tư tưởng bản chất hóa, ...

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Definition of essentialisme - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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