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Question: Is there a name for a philosophy of rejecting "isms"!?
eg, if you reject ALL isms!. Is there a word for this!? I tend to think "anti-ism" but I have a feeling this just means arguing for the sake of argument!. What I really mean is a positive rejection that issues are a matter of doctrine or dogma described in a particular ism!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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If there is then it can't end in ism or it would contradict its own meaning!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Rastafari say that they reject "-isms"!. They see a wide range of "isms and schisms" in modern society and want no part in them, for example communism and capitalism!. They especially reject the word Rastafarianism, because they see themselves as having transcended "isms and schisms"!. This has created some conflict between Rastas and some members of the academic community studying the Rastafari phenomenon, who insist on calling this religious belief Rastafarianism, in spite of the disapproval this generates within the Rastafari movement!. Nevertheless, the practice continues among scholars!. However, the study of Rasta using its own terms has occurred!.[


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