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cavalierism

cavalierism noun: the practice or principles of cavaliers; cavalier behaviour.

Noun

cavalierism (countable and uncountable, plural cavalierisms)

  1. The practice or principles of cavaliers; cavalier behaviour
    • wine and cavalierism predominated in his upper story1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James...

Forms of cavalierism

pluralcavalierisms

Origin of cavalierism

From cavalier + -ism.

Questions about cavalierism

What does cavalierism mean?
Cavalierism means the practice or principles of cavaliers; cavalier behaviour.
What part of speech is cavalierism?
Cavalierism is a noun.
What is the plural of cavalierism?
The plural of cavalierism is cavalierisms.

Words near cavalierism in the dictionary

  1. Cavalieri's principle
  2. cavaliering
  3. Cavalieris
  4. cavalierish
  5. cavalierishness
  6. cavalierism
  7. cavalierisms
  8. cavalierly
  9. cavalierness
  10. cavaliero
  11. cavalieroes

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