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Hardyism

Hardyism noun: an attitude or utterance characteristic of the English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy.

Noun

Hardyism (countable and uncountable, plural Hardyisms)

  1. An attitude or utterance characteristic of the English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy.
    • This would be considered a typical Hardyism, but he was an old man then and his mind was in the past more than in the present, and he had heard that morning of the death of one of his oldest friends.2017, Martin Ray, Thomas Hardy Remembered

Forms of Hardyism

pluralHardyisms

Origin of Hardyism

From Hardy + -ism.

Questions about Hardyism

What does Hardyism mean?
Hardyism means an attitude or utterance characteristic of the English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy.
What part of speech is Hardyism?
Hardyism is a noun.
What is the plural of Hardyism?
The plural of Hardyism is Hardyisms.

Words near Hardyism in the dictionary

  1. Hardy-Weinberg principle
  2. Hardyan
  3. Hardyesque
  4. hardyhead
  5. hardyheads
  6. Hardyism
  7. Hardyisms
  8. Hardys
  9. Hardys Bay
  10. Hardyston
  11. hardystonite

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