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dashism

dashism noun: the act of showing off or pomp.

Noun

dashism (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, dated, rare) The act of showing off or pomp.
    • He must fight a duel before his claim to […] dashism can be universally allowed.1788, Vicesimus Knox, Winter Evenings

Origin of dashism

From dash + -ism.

Questions about dashism

What does dashism mean?
Dashism means the act of showing off or pomp.
What part of speech is dashism?
Dashism is a noun.

Words near dashism in the dictionary

  1. dashingly
  2. dashingness
  3. dashings
  4. Dashiqiao
  5. dashis
  6. dashism
  7. dashitall
  8. dashkesanite
  9. Dashkivska
  10. Dashkivskyi
  11. dashkovaite

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