night-owlism
night-owlism noun: the habit of staying awake late into the night; the quality of being a night owl.
Noun
night-owlism
- The habit of staying awake late into the night; the quality of being a night owl.
- To prevent the pressure from soaring once more to dangerous heights, I decided to increase the amount of sleep, despite the slumber-impairing heat of July, by yielding to a later night-owlism, i.e. to retiring at a time even a few hours after dawn, discounting the Daylight-Saving hour, and wearing...1958, Eli Greifer, How I Cured My Incurable Ailments, page 221
- As a people become more sophisticated, the tend toward night-owlism.1959, Weiss, The Executive, page 6
- Synonyms:
- owlism
Synonyms of night-owlism
Origin of night-owlism
From night owl + -ism.
Questions about night-owlism
- What does night-owlism mean?
- Night-owlism means the habit of staying awake late into the night; the quality of being a night owl.
- What part of speech is night-owlism?
- Night-owlism is a noun.
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