Privatism

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Privatism is a generic term describing any belief that people have a right to the private ownership of certain things. There are many degrees of privatism, from the advocacy of limited private property over specific kinds of items to the advocacy of unrestricted private property over everything.

In general, privatism is used in the context of radical left-wing politics (communism, syndicalism, revolutionary socialism), to distinguish those who support some kind of private property from those who want private property abolished altogether.

In Sociology, privatism can mean the tendency to spend more time within private social institutions, such as the family, rather than in public institutions such as churches or community groups. It can be characterised by spending more time at home or doing things only with one's family. It has been argued that privatism is on the increase in wealthy western societies, however this is not universally accepted.

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