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American term?

It seems as though this term is an American one, judging by the origin of the references; perhaps this should be made more clear in the lede. Accounting4Taste:talk 17:55, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I found some more references from non-American sources (there is one already) and will add them soonest. The term may have been coined in America (I am not sure), but it is now used elsewhere. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 21:23, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure it is necessary to cite a national origin for this term: I would be surprised if it is not recognized universally by now, at least among journalists, and maybe some academicians. But if you can find a good source, instead of simply making an extrapolation from those we have, by all means go ahead and use it. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 05:35, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a lot of help, but I am sure a long time ago I read a late Victorian novel, where mother is giving advice to her daughter about going out into society. She tells her daughter that she can always get her male companion to start a conversation (or more likely a monologue) by saying ".... and isn't it dreadful about Afghanistan?". Because it always was. I will try to find the source for this.Thomas Peardew (talk) 14:54, 25 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dictionary definition?

I'm wondering whether this word is best served by a wikipedia article or if it might be better situated at wiktionary per WP:DICTIONARY. There are four or five competing definitions of the term here and I'm not really seeing an article. Gobonobo ^T ^C 00:11, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The problem of Afghanistanism was deemed serious enough to be mentioned in journalism textbooks in the 1970s and 1980, so it deserves its own article as a look back at those years if nothing else. It could be put in Wiktionary, too. At some point in the future (maybe even now) the phenomenon will be researched by folks (journalism historians maybe?) who don't know how much ink it got in days past and would like to know more about it.. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 00:50, 27 September 2010 (UTC) The article treats Afghanistanism as a concept, not as a word. GeorgeLouis (talk) 00:52, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that there is no question that the term has been in use and in a variety of contexts. I took a stab at a wiktionary entry for Afghanistanism and thought that the connection to environmentalism was tenuous based on the references. The second source only offered environmentalism as an example of Afghanistanism and could easily have been any other localized phenomenon. Wikipedia articles should cover one topic, while this article says that Afghanistanism can mean either "hopelessly arcane and irrelevant scholarship" or "fascination with exotic, faraway lands," or "railing and shaking your fist at an unseen foe." Perhaps this page would work better as a disambiguation for the differing meanings? Gobonobo ^T ^C 08:28, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is (or better, it was) a concept with many applications, and like a great number of concepts, commentators could be divided as to its meaning and scope. Sincerely, your friend, GeorgeLouis (talk) 16:52, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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