droits-de-l'hommisme

French

Alternative forms

droit-de-l’hommisme, droits de l’hommisme

Etymology

From droits de l’homme +‎ -isme, coined by Alain Pellet in 1989.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʁwa.d(ə).l‿ɔ.mism/, /dʁwa.d(ə).l‿ɔ.mizm/

Noun

droits-de-l’hommisme m (plural droits-de-l’hommismes)

(derogatory) human-rightism

Related terms

droits-de-l’hommiste

References

Lea David (2020) The Past Can't Heal Us, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31: “Alain Pellet, Professor of International Law at the Université de Paris Ouest–Nanterre La Défense, in 1989 coined the term ‘human-rightism’; this label has been sporadically used since then, provoking adverse reactions within the community of human rights advocates.”

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