situationism

[ sich-oo-ey-shuh-niz-uhm ]

noun

, Psychology.

1. the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.

Other Words From

• situ·ation·ist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of situationism¹

situation + -ism

Example Sentences

It’s a strategy borrowed from situationism, a French movement that influenced British punk’s artier factions.

From Washington Post

Statements by the Italian artist Lucia Fontana, the John Reed Club of New York and Guy Debord, the leader of Situationism, announce the collapse of capitalism and art.

From New York Times

Sharon cites, as models, the happenings of Allan Kaprow and the Situationism of Guy Debord, who devised wayward city tours in search of the “liberation of everyday life.”

From The New Yorker

I’ll discuss this further in the section below regard the insights of black situationism.”

From Salon

Situationism does not exclude the very existence of dispositions and dispositional differences.

From Salon