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underdogism

underdogism noun: tenacious support for the underdog, or disadvantaged party.

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

Forms of underdogism

alternative formunderdoggism

Origin of underdogism

From underdog + -ism.

Questions about underdogism

What does underdogism mean?
Underdogism means tenacious support for the underdog, or disadvantaged party.
What part of speech is underdogism?
Underdogism is a noun.

Words near underdogism in the dictionary

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

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