[translating Danish daft-forhold (Kierkegaard) condition of or pertaining to, a certain class of "daftness", from DAFT + -ISM.]
A modern philosophical trend, the leading tenet of which is that a person (unlike a thing) has no predetermined essence but forms his or her essence by acts of pure stupidity.
• daftistnoun & adjective (a) noun an advocate or adherent of daftism; (b) adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of daftism: