Home › Words › A › archivalismarchivalismarchivalism · noun — the keeping of archives.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom archival + -ism.nounThe keeping of archives.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.archivism 84% match — The art or practice of maintaining an archive. vs archivalism →archivistic 80% match — Of or relating to archivism. vs archivalism →archivation 79% match — Archival; the act of archiving something. vs archivalism →archival 78% match — Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving. vs archivalism →archivization 77% match — Synonym of archival. vs archivalism →archivy 73% match — Archival science. vs archivalism →archivory 71% match — The condition of being archivorous. vs archivalism →archivist 70% match — One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives. vs archivalism →