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schoolgirlism

schoolgirlism noun: schoolgirlish attitudes or behaviour.

Noun

schoolgirlism (uncountable)

  1. Schoolgirlish attitudes or behaviour.
    • […] out came the candle from its deal receptacle, and the Amelias, Janes and Carolines, betook themselves to cakes and novels, devouring both with an ardour that only schoolgirlism can produce.1858, A. von Beresford, Millicent Or Our English Homes of the Present Day
    • These things should have something of the positive underneath, or they degenerate into conventionality and schoolgirlism.1860, Dublin University Magazine, page 548

Synonyms of schoolgirlism

Origin of schoolgirlism

From schoolgirl + -ism.

Questions about schoolgirlism

What does schoolgirlism mean?
Schoolgirlism means schoolgirlish attitudes or behaviour.
What part of speech is schoolgirlism?
Schoolgirlism is a noun.

Words near schoolgirlism in the dictionary

  1. schoolgirlhood
  2. schoolgirling
  3. schoolgirlish
  4. schoolgirlishly
  5. schoolgirlishness
  6. schoolgirlism
  7. schoolgirls
  8. schoolgirly
  9. schoolgoer
  10. schoolgoers
  11. schoolgoing

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