dudism

Noun

dudism (countable and uncountable, plural dudisms)

1. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being a dude, a man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance.
   • Aristophanes in Washington would do more than our President to grease the wheels of Civil Service Reform; while a Moliere or a Beaumarchais in New York would go far to put an extinguisher upon anglomania, dudism, snobbery, and tawdry display, and to help the solution of the vexed question between...1894, William Ordway Partridge, Art for America, page 133
   • While not advocating dudism or extolling sensational ornamentation, we do stand for presentability and civilized appearance in the classroom and in the dining-room, on the campus and on the streets. A military shirt can be worn with as much grace and neatness as a tuxedo, and a sweater or jersey is...1915 April 3, “The College Tramp”, in The Notre Dame Scholastic
2. (uncommon) (An instance of) speech or behavior typical of a dude, a young man.
   • Everyone in the San Fernando Valley knows that the Galleria in Sherman Oaks, the setting for much of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, is the quintessential dude/Valley girl frolic zone.
     So where is all this leading us – to the total commercialization of dudism?
     Maybe a Wayne's World line of clothes...1991 August 18, Mark de la Viina, “Hey bud, dudespeak is happenin'”, in The Province, Vancouver, BC, page 14
   • For, while it’s conceivable that the Martini is to James Bond what the White Russian—or to use the preferred dudism, the Caucasian—is to the fortuitously eponymous protagonist of the Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski, it is not so clear what impact his Belarusian leanings have had2009, Craig Owens, “On the White Russian”, in The Year’s Work in Lebowski Studies, page 341