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do-nothingism

do-nothingism noun: inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness.

Noun

do-nothingism (uncountable)

  1. inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness
    • [Deacon Mushrat to Pogo:] The Machiavellian barratry of a pettifogging public has maundered into do-nothingism.1959 April 24, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 35

Origin of do-nothingism

From do-nothing + -ism.

Questions about do-nothingism

What does do-nothingism mean?
Do-nothingism means inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness.
What part of speech is do-nothingism?
Do-nothingism is a noun.

Words near do-nothingism in the dictionary

  1. do-little
  2. do-littles
  3. do-naught
  4. do-naughts
  5. do-nothing
  6. do-nothingism
  7. do-nothingness
  8. do-nothings
  9. do-nought
  10. do-ocracies
  11. do-ocracy

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