fogeyismn.
/ˈfəʊɡɪɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈfoʊɡiˌɪz(ə)m/ The state of being a fogey (fogey n. 2). Also: old-fashioned or conservative behaviour.
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fogeydom1852
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frumpiness1912
the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > one who is old fashioned > behaviour of
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1846 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 623/1 A good many others, aware that they are suspected of an approach to Fogyism, will think to disarm the suspicion by a pretended show of candour in joining our ranks.
1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon III. iv. 72 When he reaches middle age, or approaches fogeyism.
1909 Western Med. Rev. 15 June 300 The fellows who are doing more to destroy fogyism than any other people, the medical profession.
1960 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. Mar. 279/1 This was Vanderbilt's method of reform..—to ignore the champions of fogyism, appeal to the people and arouse the legislature.
2012 Church Times 27 Apr. (Bk. Common Prayer Suppl.) 12/1 Among young ordinands.., to continue to use the Book of Common Prayer was simple fogeyism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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