defaultism

Noun

1. An approach or situation in which something occurs by default, without being explicitly introduced.
   • US defaultism
   • But, in being an African-American politician, [Obama] […] introduces race by default. This racial defaultism is what must be considered as far as a potential limitation in the president's bargaining power, despite...
   • Defaultism ¶ The defaultist view is that some conversational implicatures are default inferences—presumptive meanings—that the hearer makes unless given reason not to by the speaker. - 2019, Shalom Lappin, Chris Fox,...
2. The often misguided belief that the circumstances surrounding an individual are the default for everyone else.