Afghanistanism

== English == === Etymology === From Afghanistan +‎ -ism. The first recorded use is by Jenkin Lloyd Jones, editor of the Tulsa Tribune, in 1948; see quotation below. === Noun === Afghanistanism (countable and uncountable, plural Afghanistanisms) The practice of concentrating on problems in distant parts of the world while ignoring controversial local issues. ==== Usage notes ==== The term originally referred specifically to a focus on problems in far-flung lands that were inconsequential to one's audience; Afghanistan was a place of little or no importance to American interests at the time the term was coined. === See also === Jellyby