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bludgeonry

bludgeonry noun: harsh coercion; bludgeoning.

Noun

bludgeonry (uncountable)

  1. Harsh coercion; bludgeoning.
    • Commercial bribery, spying, egregious misrepresentation and bludgeonry are the things which interest the Federal Trade Commission.1921, Gilson Gardner, Why the Sherman Anti-Trust Law Has Failed
    • Just as Poe "managed to offend or antagonize an impressive segment of the American literati, either through slashing reviews, biting journalistic profiles, insulting letters, sober threats, or sudden incoherencies," so Holbrooke was perceived in some quarters as "a destructive critic (of the best...2015, Paul Watt, Anne-Marie Forbes, Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot

Origin of bludgeonry

From bludgeon + -ry.

Questions about bludgeonry

What does bludgeonry mean?
Bludgeonry means harsh coercion; bludgeoning.
What part of speech is bludgeonry?
Bludgeonry is a noun.

Words near bludgeonry in the dictionary

  1. bludgeoner
  2. bludgeoners
  3. bludgeoning
  4. bludgeonings
  5. bludgeonman
  6. bludgeonry
  7. bludgeons
  8. bludger
  9. bludgers
  10. bludges
  11. bludging

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