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bumpkinism

bumpkinism noun: the fact or quality of being a bumpkin.

Noun

bumpkinism (uncountable)

  1. The fact or quality of being a bumpkin.
    • Unavoidably the economic crisis brought about by Mao's bumpkinism rocked the Communist boat.1967, Chinese Communist Affairs, volume 4, page 57
    • But from the point of view of Joseph II and his successors it was a purely Enlightenment project – the rescue of a benighted land from the feudal bumpkinism of Polish aristocrats.2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 324

Origin of bumpkinism

From bumpkin + -ism.

Questions about bumpkinism

What does bumpkinism mean?
Bumpkinism means the fact or quality of being a bumpkin.
What part of speech is bumpkinism?
Bumpkinism is a noun.

Words near bumpkinism in the dictionary

  1. bumpity
  2. bumpkin
  3. bumpkinet
  4. bumpkinets
  5. bumpkinish
  6. bumpkinism
  7. bumpkinly
  8. bumpkins
  9. bumpless
  10. bumplessness
  11. bumplike

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