mascotryn.
/ˈmaskətri/, U.S. /ˈmæskətri/ Attachment to or belief in mascots; the use of mascots.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet > for luck > belief in
mascotry1900
mascotism1904
1900 M. Thomson Divine Comedy Patriotism 84 He was, I infer from his poems, exempt from all mascotry.
1923 Sunday at Home May 504/3 There is a worse aspect of mascotry than mere folly,..for mascotry is, in its essence, simply idolatry.
1998 Northern Echo (Nexis) 22 Sept. 22 71st match of the season so far and second visit to Ramsbottom. On the first they'd had a real ram tied to the fence, an exercise in mascotry that proved distinctly unlucky.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1900- optical disc
- optical discs
- optical disk
- optical disks
- optical double
- optical drive
- optical fibre
- optical flat
- optical glass
- optical illusion
- optical illusions
- optical indicatrix
- optical isomer
- optical isomerism
- optical lattice
- optical length
- optical microscope
- optical model
- optical molasses
- optical mouse
- optical path
- optical printer
- optical pumping
- optical pyrometer
- optical rotation