primordialism
noun
- a theory of ethnicity emphasizing that ethnic groups are created on the basis of enduring ("primordial") biological, linguistic, or geographic relationships
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From primordial + -ism.
- Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state.
“1874-1896, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology Yet another indication of primordialism may be named.”
- The belief that each individual has a single inborn ethnic identity independent of historical processes.