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Noun
1. essentialism
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2. EssentialismIn philosophy, essentialism is the view that, for any specific kind of entity, there is a set of incidental attributes all of which are necessary to its identity and function (Cartwright, 1968). All things can have essential characteristics. In conversation, Essentialism is reducing something to its fundamentally required attributes. Essentialist terms define and clarify the subject.
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