donnismn.
/ˈdɒnɪz(ə)m/ Action or manner characteristic of a college don.
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scholarism1588
pedantism1592
pedantry1612
scholasticism1797
bluestockingism1812
donnishness1835
donnism1859
pragmaticism1865
usherism1869
pragmatism1895
mandarinism1976
1859 Shairp in W. Knight S. & Friends (1888) 200 Here we have no Donnism, nor any stiff academic air.
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