Definition of Bogeyism

1. bogyism [n -S] - See also: bogyism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bogeyism

bogans
bogarted
bogarting
bogarts
bogatyr
bogatyrs
bogbean
bogbeans
bogberries
bogberry
bogdanovite
bogey
bogey man
bogeyed
bogeying
bogeyism (current term)
bogeyisms
bogeyman
bogeymen
bogeypeople
bogeyperson
bogeypersons
bogeys
bogeywoman
bogeywomen
boggard
boggards
boggart
boggarts
bogged

Literary usage of Bogeyism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Henry Newbolt, Charles Hanbury-Williams (1901)
"The fear of an army of officials is bogeyism pure and simple ; fewer not more inspectors should be needed when healthy dwellings have been substituted for ..."

2. The Lakes of Northern Italy by Richard Bagot (1907)
"The figure of the struggling fiend, indeed, is not a little laughable in the bogeyism with which the painter has evidently tried hard to invest it, ..."

3. The River Congo: From Its Mouth to Bólóbó; with a General Description of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1895)
"... regard the white man, who must in their eyes as much embody some notion of uncanny bogeyism as the traditional black man does to English children. ..."

4. Opposites: A Series of Essays on the Unpopular Sides of Popular Questions by Lewis Thornton (1890)
"... or " bogeyism." Suppose, then, we go back to a very early day, and borrow the name of ..."

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