Concept information
Preferred term
essentialism
Definition
- Essentialism is a philosophical position on the nature of categories. An essentialist view holds that members of a category all share an inner essence that makes them what they are. [Source: Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Essentialism]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/essentialism
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