focalism

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focalism

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From focal + -ism.

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uncountable Synonym of anchoring. How can focalism be reduced? The method of debiasing depends on the type of focalism affecting one's judgments.
Similar: anchoring
uncountable A revolutionary strategy which posited that military vanguardism could lead to general rebellion. While focalism drew from previous Marxist-Leninist ideas and the Maoist strategy of protracted people's war, it also broke with many of the mid-Cold War era's established communist parties.
Similar: foquism

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@misc{focalism_2026,
  title = {focalism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/focalism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}