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underdoggism

underdoggism is the alternative form of underdogism.

Meaning of underdogism

Noun

underdogism (uncountable)

  1. Tenacious support for the underdog, or disadvantaged party
    • That creed, as it emerges from a study of the sacred oxen, is underdogism, which may be called egalitarianism or the yearning to level; […]1980, Lester O'Shea, Tampering with the Machinery, →ISBN, page 131

Origin of underdoggism

From underdog + -ism.

Questions about underdoggism

What is underdoggism the alternative form of?
Underdoggism is the alternative form of underdogism.

Words near underdoggism in the dictionary

  1. underdoer
  2. underdoers
  3. underdoes
  4. underdog
  5. underdoggish
  6. underdoggism
  7. underdoggy
  8. underdogism
  9. underdogs
  10. underdoing
  11. underdominance

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