English
reflectionism
From reflection + -ism.
Formed from reflection + -ism
Latin flectō ‘to turn or curl’
Latin reflectō ‘to turn back or away’
Late Latin reflexiō ‘turning away or back’
Middle French reflection
Middle English refleccion
English reflection
Today it means
noun The view that cultural phenomena (literature, art, etc.) simply mirror the ideology of the dominant economic patterns of society.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “reflectionism”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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