milquetoastery

Noun

milquetoastery (uncountable)

1. The quality of being milquetoast.
   • Why did Leonard's tale move Don so? I think the milquetoastery of Leonard is crucial here. Don has long assumed that his dark past, his family, his sins, account for his vast hunger for love.2015 May 18, Julia Turner, “Mad Men season 7 reviewed: Why did Don stop running?”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2023
   • In "Capital in the Twenty-first Century," Piketty made a policy proposal that, he cautioned, was probably "utopian": a global tax on wealth topping out at around two per cent. Half a dozen years later, it seems almost like milquetoastery.2020 March 2, Idrees Kahloon, “Thomas Piketty Goes Global”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2023

   Synonyms:

   milquetoastness