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covertism

covertism noun: a bias or policy of being covert.

Noun

covertism (uncountable)

  1. A bias or policy of being covert.
    • It has just struck (another strike !!!) the Writer, that it may be singular for him to overtly express himself as an Editor-Egomet — a sort of " I myself I," — instead of adopting the qua " double Jemmy-ism" of Editores-Nosmet, or the more usual "We ourselves We-ism" of covertism !1853, Richard John Cole, Pantomime budgets, and By Special Command a Tête-à-Tête between Sir John Barleycorn And the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
    • What's more, he published a policy statement (it was pasted on the wall in the metro Planning Section office) giving clear backing to covertism. It said that all overtists were saboteurs and monarchists in the pay of France - well, it didn't actually say that: the relevant sentence ran: 'Is it a...1991, Jonathan Treitel, The Red Cabbage Café, page 136

Examples of covertism in a sentence

  • What's more, he published a policy statement (it was pasted on the wall in the metro Planning Section office) giving clear backing to covertism.1991, Jonathan Treitel, The Red Cabbage Café, page 136:
  • Unfortunately, this is not always easy because of covertism.2012, Mick Coleman, Empowering Family-Teacher Partnerships, →ISBN:

Origin of covertism

From covert + -ism.

Questions about covertism

What does covertism mean?
Covertism means a bias or policy of being covert.
How do you use covertism in a sentence?
What's more, he published a policy statement (it was pasted on the wall in the metro Planning Section office) giving clear backing to covertism.
What part of speech is covertism?
Covertism is a noun.

Words near covertism in the dictionary

  1. covertex
  2. covertext
  3. coverthound
  4. coverthounds
  5. covertices
  6. covertism
  7. covertless
  8. covertly
  9. covertness
  10. coverts
  11. coverture

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