Definition of Diffusionism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diffusionism

diffusing screen
diffusion
diffusion-barrier
diffusion anoxia
diffusion coefficient
diffusion constant
diffusion hypoxia
diffusion limitation
diffusion method
diffusion of innovation
diffusion potential
diffusion pump
diffusion respiration
diffusion shell
diffusional
diffusionism (current term)
diffusionisms
diffusionist
diffusionists
diffusionless
diffusions
diffusiophoresis
diffusiophoretic
diffusive
diffusively
diffusiveness
diffusivenesses
diffusivities
diffusivity
diffusometry

Literary usage of Diffusionism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 by Edward Carlos Carter (1999)
"Even though diffusionism and evolutionism were not mutually exclusive, ... Goldenweiser, "diffusionism and the American School," 27-38; Darnell, ..."

2. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1894)
"... diffusionism, which this ethnologist has thought well to formulate as 'the method of ethnology.' It seems probable that this ..."

3. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1922)
"... this representative of diffusionism. For Rivers' reckless application of the speculative method had to be condemned as opposed to all the tenets of ..."

4. In the Way of Development: Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization by Mario Blaser, Harvey A. Feit, Glenn McRae (2004)
"Blaut,JM (1993) The Colonizer's Model of the World: Geographical diffusionism and Eurocentric History, New York: Guilford Press. Brosius, JP (ed. ..."

5. Defining Social Acceptability in Ecosystem Management: A Workshop Proceeding edited by Mark W. Brunson, Linda E. Kruger, Catherine B. Tyler, Susan A. Schroeder (1997)
"diffusionism: a uniformitarian critique. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 77(2): 30-47. Brumfiel, Elizabeth M. 1992. ..."

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