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maudlinism

maudlinism noun: a maudlin condition.

Noun

maudlinism (countable and uncountable, plural maudlinisms)

  1. A maudlin condition.
    • At this precise period of his existence, Mr. Benjamin Allen had perhaps a greater predisposition to maudlinism than he had ever known before[…]1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

Forms of maudlinism

pluralmaudlinisms

Origin of maudlinism

From maudlin + -ism.

Questions about maudlinism

What does maudlinism mean?
Maudlinism means a maudlin condition.
What part of speech is maudlinism?
Maudlinism is a noun.
What is the plural of maudlinism?
The plural of maudlinism is maudlinisms.

Words near maudlinism in the dictionary

  1. maudled
  2. maudles
  3. maudlin
  4. maudling
  5. Maudlings
  6. maudlinism
  7. maudlinisms
  8. maudlinize
  9. maudlinized
  10. maudlinizes
  11. maudlinizing

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