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bookism

bookism noun: discrimination against a book based on its content, cover, or authorship.

Noun

bookism (plural bookisms)

  1. (uncommon) Discrimination against a book based on its content, cover, or authorship.
  2. Synonym of bookishness.
    Synonyms:
    bookishness
  3. Synonym of said-bookism.
    Synonyms:
    said-bookism

Synonyms of bookism

Forms of bookism

pluralbookisms

Origin of bookism

From book + -ism.

Words formed from bookism

Questions about bookism

What does bookism mean?
Bookism means discrimination against a book based on its content, cover, or authorship.
What part of speech is bookism?
Bookism is a noun.
What is the plural of bookism?
The plural of bookism is bookisms.

Words near bookism in the dictionary

  1. booking up
  2. bookings
  3. bookish
  4. bookishly
  5. bookishness
  6. bookism
  7. bookisms
  8. bookist
  9. bookists
  10. bookjacket
  11. bookjackets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bookism (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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