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authorism

authorism noun: authorship.

Noun

authorism (countable and uncountable, plural authorisms)

  1. (archaic, uncountable) Authorship.
    • Authorism of the work is ascribed to Cicero.
  2. A habit or practice of an author.
    • My publisher put up with my authorisms.
    • No person could be more ready to discern and to praise its graces; but, from the commencement of the Botanic Garden, the jealous spirit of authorism darkened his candor.1999, Gary Kelly, Jennifer Kelly, Anna Seward, Bluestocking feminism: writings of the Bluestocking Circle, 1738-1785

Forms of authorism

pluralauthorisms

Origin of authorism

From author + -ism.

Questions about authorism

What does authorism mean?
Authorism means authorship.
What part of speech is authorism?
Authorism is a noun.
What is the plural of authorism?
The plural of authorism is authorisms.

Words near authorism in the dictionary

  1. authoriser
  2. authorisers
  3. authorises
  4. authorish
  5. authorising
  6. authorism
  7. authorisms
  8. authoritah
  9. authoritahs
  10. authoritarian
  11. authoritarian democracies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: authorism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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