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fogeyism

fogeyism is the alternative form of fogyism.

Meaning of fogyism

Noun

fogyism (countable and uncountable, plural fogyisms)

  1. (colloquial) The behaviour, beliefs, or principles of a fogy.

Forms of fogeyism

pluralfogeyisms

Origin of fogeyism

From fogey + -ism.

Questions about fogeyism

What is fogeyism the alternative form of?
Fogeyism is the alternative form of fogyism.

Words near fogeyism in the dictionary

  1. fogeydom
  2. fogeyhood
  3. fogeyish
  4. fogeyishly
  5. fogeyishness
  6. fogeyism
  7. fogeyisms
  8. fogeys
  9. fogfall
  10. fogfalls
  11. fogfruit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fogeyism (page history and authors); fogyism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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