behalfism
English
Etymology
behalf + -ism
Noun
behalfism (uncountable)
- (rare) A policy of doing things on behalf of others.
- 2010, Sudhir Patwardhan, Ranjit Hoskote, Sakshi Gallery, Sudhir Patwardhan (page 25)
- Having executed the 'Floods' series, Patwardhan became once more seized by his fear of behalfism: Was he, as an artist, exploiting his subject? From this dilemma, there arose a series of studies of the artist in his studio.
- 1987, Michael Kustow, One in four, page 83:
- […] I'm not positively discriminating in favour of black and Asian programme-makers. Behalfism, I call it, always doing something on behalf of others, always being representative.
- 2010, Sudhir Patwardhan, Ranjit Hoskote, Sakshi Gallery, Sudhir Patwardhan (page 25)