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bullshittisms

bullshittisms is the plural of bullshittism.

Meaning of bullshittism

Noun

bullshittism (countable and uncountable, plural bullshittisms)

  1. (Internet, derogatory, humorous, uncommon, vulgar) The belief that everything is nonsense or untrue; the belief that attempting to be truthful is pointless.
  2. (informal) A set of beliefs, practices, or attitudes based on false or misleading assertions.
    • I don't think they give much of a fuck about foster children, only about whether people these days are being beaten out of the things that they, in their religious bullshittism, have traditionally wished beaten out of them, which actually has been a major cause of brutality and criminality in the...2000 September 15, Steve, “Re: Spanking Foster Kids - A good idea or not?”, in alt.parenting.spanking (Usenet)
  3. (informal) A false or misleading statement; a piece of bullshit.
    • “Dorothy, I have always believed and have always said that a great deal of that is true,” said Michael. He avoided the most egregious bullshittism of “I don't know what the perfect answer is”—clergy always threw this in with especial triumph, as if, in fact, they’d found it.1973 May, May Dikeman, chapter 35, in The Devil We Know, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 374

Questions about bullshittisms

What is bullshittisms the plural of?
Bullshittisms is the plural of bullshittism.

Words near bullshittisms in the dictionary

  1. bullshittery
  2. bullshittier
  3. bullshittiest
  4. bullshitting
  5. bullshittism
  6. bullshittisms
  7. bullshitty
  8. bullshoot
  9. bullshot
  10. bullshots
  11. bullshyte

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