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killjoyism

killjoyism noun: the behaviour of a killjoy.

Noun

killjoyism (uncountable)

  1. The behaviour of a killjoy.
    • This question was the topic of a very unsatisfactory Irish television debate in 1964, which paid too much attention to the Italianate statues and holy pictures of the nineteenth-century devotional revolution and the supposed infusion of Victorian values to explain the notorious killjoyism of Irish...2009, Marianne Elliott, When God Took Sides: Religion and Identity in Ireland - Unfinished History

Origin of killjoyism

From killjoy + -ism.

Questions about killjoyism

What does killjoyism mean?
Killjoyism means the behaviour of a killjoy.
What part of speech is killjoyism?
Killjoyism is a noun.

Words near killjoyism in the dictionary

  1. Killinick
  2. killinite
  3. killion
  4. killions
  5. killjoy
  6. killjoyism
  7. killjoys
  8. Killke
  9. Killman
  10. Killmer
  11. Killmers

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