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Carlylism|kɑːˈlaɪlɪz(ə)m| [f. the name of Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) + -ism.] a. The characteristic literary manner or teachings of Carlyle. b. A mannerism of Carlyle (chiefly in language or style).
1841Fraser's Mag. XXV. 722 It is Carlyleism in manner, but not in matter. 1881Athenæum 9 Apr. 488/3 Fighting the good fight of liberty against tyranny, Christian kindness against Carlylism. 1881N.Y. Nation XXXII. 231 The emptiness, or, to use a Carlylism, the ‘putrescent cant’ of most of the talk. So also Carˈlylean, -ˈeian, -ian a., of, pertaining to, or like Carlyle; n., an admirer or imitator of Carlyle. Carlyˈlese, the literary style or dialect of Carlyle. Carlyˈlesque a., Carlyliˈana, Carˈlylite, etc.
1878Morley Carlyle 188 Two conspicuous qualities of Carlylean doctrine. 1884Illust. Lond. News, 3 Sept. 243/2 Thence the Carlyleian gigmanity. 1878T. Sinclair Mount 104 Carlylians are good guides, if there are no better. 1858Sat. Rev. V. 414/1 The Quarterly will..talk Kingsleyism, and the Edinburgh Carlylese. 1886F. Harrison Choice Bks. 181 The finest Carlylese is never equal to the finest English. 1866Cornh. Mag. Oct. 414 His letters..took a curiously Carlylesque tone. 1865Sat. Rev. 11 Nov. 607 The Carlylites retort that Mr. Disraeli is ‘a Jew’. |