human-rightism

English

Etymology

From human rights +‎ -ism, calque of French droits-de-l’hommisme.

Noun

human-rightism (uncountable)

1. (derogatory) A political philosophy that focuses on human rights.
   • 2020, Lea David, The Past Can't Heal Us, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31:

     With the notion of human-rightism, Pellet (2000) tried to warn of the costs and dangers of the slippery slope of activism within the arena of international human rights law. ‘Human-rightism’ was immediately ascribed pejorative meanings and used to express different forms of critique when it came to human rights.

Related terms

• human-rightist

Translations

political philosophy

• French: droits-de-l’hommisme (fr)