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Definition of Donnism
1. n. Self-importance; loftiness of carriage.
Definition of Donnism
1. Noun. (UK university slang dated) self-importance; loftiness of carriage ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Donnism
1. self-importance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Donnism
Literary usage of Donnism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1875)
"... and the senior part of the university become stage dons, who are only there
to provoke our derision by various forms of the witty definition of "donnism ..."
2. Essays by the Late Mark Pattison: Sometime Rector of Lincoln College by Mark Pattison (1889)
"... our derision by various forms of the witty definition of ' donnism,' ' a
mysterious carriage of the body intended to conceal the defects of the mind. ..."
3. The English Universities: From the German of V. A. Huber by Victor Aimé Huber (1843)
"In short, donnism, wherever it exists, destroys that simple acting of heart on
heart and conscience on conscience, ..."
4. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law (1838)
"... applies equally on motions for criminal information. Rex v. donnism, 4 B.
& Ad. 698. NEXT-OF-KIN. Where the words "next-of-kin" are used sim- ..."
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