automobilismn.
/ˈɔːtəmə(ʊ)biːlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɔːtəˈməʊbᵻlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈˌɔdəmoʊˈˌbilɪz(ə)m/, /ˈˌɔdoʊmoʊˈˌbilɪz(ə)m/, /ˈˌɑdəmoʊˈˌbilɪz(ə)m/, /ˈˌɑdoʊmoʊˈˌbilɪz(ə)m/ Chiefly U.S. Now rare (archaic and historical in later use).
The use of automobiles or motor vehicles; automobile travel. Cf. automobiling n.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > [noun] > by motor vehicle
moting1883
motoring1895
automobilism1896
automobiling1898
automobility1899
1896 Glasgow Herald 19 June Auto-mobilism has now thoroughly enlisted the interest of the French press.
1896 Harper's Weekly 31 Oct. 1075 We lack France's superb roads; and American automobilism is likely to be hampered in various rural sections of the country.
1899 Motor-car World Oct. 8/1 Automobilism will be the method of locomotion of the future.
1905 Daily Chron. 9 Feb. 33 Automobilism has been taken too much as a matter of course, though its position is obviously midway between cycling and rail-roading.
1912 E. A. Pratt Hist. Inland Transport 480 Cycling and automobilism have increased the use of the roads of the United Kingdom..to an extent that probably surpasses their use even in the palmy days of the Coaching Era.
1953 Archit. Rev. 114 246 The shopping pedestrian, the morning coffee-taker,..certainly need protection from automobilism.
2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians xli. 591 The Daily Mail..expressed admiration for motor-bicycles, and was enthusiastic for ‘automobilism’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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