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grandmotherism

noun

Etymology

From grandmother + -ism.

  1. inherited from graundmodre
  2. suffixed as grandmotherism — “grandmother + ism”

Definitions

  1. grandmotherly behaviour

    grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism

    • […] but I hold that strong evils require strong measures to suppress them, and there is no reason why professional etiquette should be another name for grandmotherism.
    • Bureaucracy begins as well-meaning grandmotherism and ends as tyranny.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA