futilitarianismn.
/ˌfjuːtɪlɪˈtɛːrɪənɪz(ə)m/ Futilitarian policy.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > policy or pursuit of
vanitarianism1849
futilitarianism1921
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > purposeless > policy of
futilitarianism1921
1921 Glasgow Herald 3 Feb. 8 To associate the activities of the Church with the Labour Party would be one more example of the Higher Futilitarianism with which ecclesiastics in all ages have been tempted to experiment.
1924 C. E. Montague Right Place x. 153 At least for some eager and absorbed hours your true rambler has washed all that futilitarianism out of his soul.
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n.1921- never to amount to anything
- never to get a look-in
- never to get a lookin
- never to look back
- never to look behind one
- never to put a foot wrong
- never varying
- never where
- never winking
- never you mind
- never þe queder
- never, not a whit
- never, not a whit a-whit
- never, not a whit awhit
- never, not etc a whit
- never, not etc a whit a-whit
- never, not etc a whit awhit
- never-a-deal
- newspaper writing
- newspaper-reading
- newspaperacious
- newspaperdom
- newspapered
- newspaperese
- newspaperial