schoolgirlism

English

Etymology

schoolgirl +‎ -ism

Noun

schoolgirlism (uncountable)

  1. Schoolgirlish attitudes or behaviour.
    Synonym: schoolgirlishness
    Hypernyms: girlism, girlishness
    • 1858, A. von Beresford, Millicent Or Our English Homes of the Present Day:
      […] out came the candle from its deal receptacle, and the Amelias, Janes and Carolines, betook themselves to cakes and novels, devouring both with an ardour that only schoolgirlism can produce.
    • 1860, Dublin University Magazine, page 548:
      These things should have something of the positive underneath, or they degenerate into conventionality and schoolgirlism.
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