"Essentialistic" example sentences

es·sen·tial·ism

noun philosophy

essentialism (noun)

- a belief that things have a set of characteristics which make them what they are, and that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery and expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence. Compare with existentialism

- the view that all children should be taught on traditional lines the ideas and methods regarded as essential to the prevalent culture.

- the view that categories of people, such as women and men, or heterosexuals and gay people, or members of ethnic groups, have intrinsically different and characteristic natures or dispositions.