Definition of Diffusionist

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to diffusionism ¹

2. Noun. A proponent of diffusionism ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diffusionist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diffusionist

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
diffusionisms
diffusionist (current term)
diffusionists
diffusionless
diffusions
diffusiophoresis
diffusiophoretic
diffusive
diffusively
diffusiveness
diffusivenesses
diffusivities
diffusivity
diffusometry
diffusor
diffusors

Literary usage of Diffusionist

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

1. Primitive Society by Robert Harry Lowie (1920)
"In that contingency the diffusionist must have recourse to the auxiliary hypothesis ... This is the basic tenet of the diffusionist creed that we must face. ..."

2. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1893)
"... and a " diffusionist", to coin a hideous word. That Mr. Jacobs should rebuke M. Bédier for being a ..."

3. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1922)
"A diffusionist of a very different type is WHR Rivers. Like most English anthropologists, Rivers, a psychologist by training, began his anthropological ..."

4. Prehistoric Settlement of the Pacific by Ward Hunt Goodenough (1996)
"... to refine the simpler diffusionist models which saw Austronesian speakers sweeping rapidly and unimpeded out of Southeast Asia to carry agriculture, ..."

5. Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 by Edward Carlos Carter (1999)
"Tylor, an Oxford- based anthropologist, chaired the committee from afar and inspired Boas to use statistical methods in his diffusionist studies of ..."

6. Federalism: The Spanish Experience by Luis Moreno, Moreno Fernández Moreno (1997)
"Spain offers a striking example of the shortcomings of some theories of modernization, including diffusionist functionalism. According to such a paradigm ..."

7. The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective by Angus Maddison (2001)
"Furthermore, the United States played a diffusionist role in the golden age in sharp contrast to its role ..."

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