pismirism

UK/ˈpɪs.maɪ.ə.ɹɪ.zəm/US/ˈpɪs.maɪ(ə)ˌɹɪ.zəm/

pismirism noun: hoarding of money; frugality.

Noun

pismirism (uncountable)

(rare) Hoarding of money; frugality.
- At the time of our story it was just possible to meet here and there in lane and country road the Englishman, not as a futile human budget of axioms and inane little facts, but as something blent of demigod and viking. Also one might view the most beautiful country on earth as God intended it to...1906 March 3, The Academy
- Not to Mrs. Russell Sage, who is still busy thinking how to unload the mass of money piled up by the late Mr. Sage in the course of a life of parsimonious pismirism.1906 December 22, The Daily News

Also one might view the most beautiful country on earth as God intended it to be, not as a century of pismirism has made it.1906 March 3, The Academy:
One is the road to professionalism the other is the road to pismirism.1975, Allan Craig, Counting Things and Magic Rings, →ISBN, page 112:

From pismire + -ism.

What does pismirism mean?: Pismirism means hoarding of money; frugality.
How do you use pismirism in a sentence?: Also one might view the most beautiful country on earth as God intended it to be, not as a century of pismirism has made it.
What part of speech is pismirism?: Pismirism is a noun.
How do you pronounce pismirism?: Pismirism is pronounced /ˈpɪs.maɪ.ə.ɹɪ.zəm/ (UK).

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