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scavengerism

noun

Etymology

From scavenger + -ism.

  1. derived from scauwōn — “to inspect, to examinate, to look at”
  2. derived from *scavage✻
  3. derived from *scawage✻
  4. derived from scawageour — “one who had to do with scavage, inspector, tax collector”
  5. inherited from scavager
  6. suffixed as scavengerism — “scavenger + ism”

Definitions

  1. The practice of scavenging.

    • Several congeneric species have been reported there as associated with decomposing plant matter, mushroom culture and corn processing plants, all under circumstances which indicate scavengerism.

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