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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
essentialism/ɪˈsɛnʃ(ə)lɪz(ə)m/

▶noun Philosophy a belief that things have a set of characteristics which make them what they are; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence.

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essentialist noun & adjective.

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