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oughtism

noun

Etymology

From ought + -ism, sometimes as a pun on autism.

  1. derived from āgan — “to own, possess”
  2. inherited from āhte
  3. inherited from oughte
  4. suffixed as oughtism — “ought + ism”

Definitions

  1. The habit of doing things only because one feels that one ought to do them.

The neighborhood

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