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gladiatorism|ˈglædɪeɪtərɪz(ə)m| [f. gladiator + -ism.] The practice of fighting after the fashion of gladiators. Also fig.
1860in Worcester (citing Ch. Ob.). 1862Milman in Gibbon's Decl. & F. Mem. 92 note, Two Christian prelates engaged in this fierce intellectual gladiatorism. 1884R. F. Burton Bk. Sword 283 Gladiatorism lasted in England after a fashion till the days of Addison. |