transformationalism

noun

1. Adherence to transformational grammars.
2. A fusion of evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, and ecumenism that became prominent in the early 21st century; transformational Christianity.
3. A sociological and educational theory that focuses on the process of learned concepts and skills to reframe and transform unthinking culturally-generated assumptions and cognitive categories.
4. The belief in the transformative power of Confucian culture as a superior system that can be universally applied to all people.
5. A political theory that emphasizes assimilation as a process of global cultural convergence.
6. A theory proposed by Robinet in the 18ᵗʰ century that posits a single, created prototype for all species of plants and animals.