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Kiplingism

Kiplingism noun: an attitude or turn of phrase characteristic of Rudyard Kipling.

Noun

Kiplingism (countable and uncountable, plural Kiplingisms)

  1. An attitude or turn of phrase characteristic of Rudyard Kipling.
    • This character has his own way of viewing all that is wrong, challenging nostalgic rhetoric and the most anachronistic Kiplingism.2007, Laura E. Ruberto, Kristi M. Wilson, Italian neorealism and global cinema

Forms of Kiplingism

pluralKiplingisms

Origin of Kiplingism

From Kipling + -ism.

Questions about Kiplingism

What does Kiplingism mean?
Kiplingism means an attitude or turn of phrase characteristic of Rudyard Kipling.
What part of speech is Kiplingism?
Kiplingism is a noun.
What is the plural of Kiplingism?
The plural of Kiplingism is Kiplingisms.

Words near Kiplingism in the dictionary

  1. Kipling
  2. Kiplingcotes
  3. Kiplingese
  4. Kiplingesque
  5. Kiplingian
  6. Kiplingism
  7. Kiplingisms
  8. Kiplings
  9. Kipman
  10. Kipner
  11. Kipnis

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