eighteenth-centuryismn.
/ˌeɪtiːnθˈsɛntʃ(ᵿ)rɪˌɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌeɪ(t)ˌtinθˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)riˌɪz(ə)m/ The distinctive spirit, character, or outlook of the 18th century; a feature or trait suggestive or typical of the 18th century. Also: fondness or liking for the style, approach, etc., of the 18th century.
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1853 Westm. Rev. Oct. 328/1 Lockism has been found to lead to materialism and ‘eighteenth-century-ism’.
1882 Athenæum 4 Mar. 277/2 The vapid eighteenth centuryisms of Le Bailly.
1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah p. lxxxvi My own Irish eighteenth-centuryism made it impossible for me to believe anything until I could conceive it as a scientific hypothesis.
1985 G. Celant in P. Arnell & T. Bickford Frank Gehry Buildings & Projects 10/2 Defenders of contemporary postmodern eighteenth-centuryism.
2015 timescolumns.typepad.com 18 Nov. (O.E.D. Archive) It's an enjoyable compendium of quotable moments, a three-hander anthology of eighteenth-century-isms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- five-pound
- five-power
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- five-rayed
- five-score
- five-shilling-piece
- five-shooter
- five-shot
- five-spot
- five-square
- five-squared
- five-star
- five-star general
- five-storey
- five-stroke
- five-to-two
- five-toed
- five-toothed
- five-twenties
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