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showmanism

noun

Etymology

From showman + -ism.

  1. derived from *(s)kewh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *skawwōną✻ — “to look, see”
  3. inherited from *skauwōn✻
  4. inherited from scēawian
  5. inherited from schewen
  6. suffixed as showman — “show + man”
  7. suffixed as showmanism — “showman + ism”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of showmanship.

The neighborhood

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