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Definition of Fogyisms
1. fogyism [n] - See also: fogyism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fogyisms
Literary usage of Fogyisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Religion of Science: Or, The Art of Actualizing Liberty, and of by Calvin Blanchard (1860)
"... must despise the rickety old notions you now unnecessarily cling to and call
faith, the stale old fogyisms you dignify by the name of opinion, ..."
2. The Cradle of Rebellions: A History of the Secret Societies of France by Lucien de La Hodde (1864)
"... as viewed by conspirators, are mere old fogyisms, which, under the pretence
of prudence, recommend only resignation and servility. How is it possible, ..."
3. The Origin and Treatment of Stammering by George Andrew Lewis (1900)
"Tricks and secrets are old-time fogyisms. Surgery is no longer employed anywhere.
There is no longer room for the charlatan or quack. ..."
4. How to Choose the Right Vocation: Vocational Self-measurement Based Upon by Holmes Whittier Merton (1917)
"Do I naturally want to avoid old fogyisms and methodical ruts? Am I strictly
conventional in my dress or do I exercise somewhat individual taste in this ..."
5. Medical Greek; Collection of Papers on Medical Onomatology and a Grammatical by Achilles Rose (1908)
"National hatred, national prejudices, pedantries and old-fogyisms—so characteristic
of European countries—are here melted away. ..."
6. The Indiana School Journal by Indiana State Teachers Association (1857)
"It is always racy and vigorous, and it cuts right and left into the antiquated
conservative notions of a profession which is noted for its old fogyisms. ..."
7. How to Write Special Feature Articles: A Handbook for Reporters by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer (1920)
""I did n't have any old fogyisms to unlearn, and I did n't acquire any. I went
straight to the agricultural college and the state poultry experiment station ..."
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