priggism

American  

[prig-iz-uhm] / ˈprɪg ɪz əm /

noun

1. priggish character or ideas; priggishness.

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Etymology

Origin of priggism

First recorded in 1735–45; prig ¹ + -ism

Example Sentences

A striking characteristic of these learned women was the entire absence of all priggism or pedantry.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

After some further conversation, the subjects being, if I remember right, college education, priggism, church authority, tomfoolery, and the like, I rose and said to my host, “I must now leave you”.

From Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by Knapp, William

After some farther conversation, the subjects p. 126being, if I remember right, college education, priggism, church authority, tomfoolery, and the like, I rose and said to my host, “I must now leave you.”

From Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Groome, Francis Hindes

There is a dash of solemnity, a ludicrous assumption of priggism, about the Scottish fool which Mr White has entirely evaded.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various

It is an attempt of the pedagogue to assert a jurisdiction over grown intellects, and hence such books naturally develop in flagrant exaggeration the pragmatical priggism which is the pedagogue's characteristic defect.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill