† Muckerismn.1
historical. Obsolete. rare.
The doctrines or practices of the Muckers (Mucker n.2).
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1868 W. H. Dixon Spiritual Wives I. vi. 65 Archdeacon Ebel..had been silenced and disgraced as the founder of Muckerism.
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muckerismn.2
/ˈmʌk(ə)rɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈməkəˌrɪz(ə)m/ U.S. (originally University slang).
Originally: unsportsmanlike conduct. Later gen.: rowdy, coarse, or unsophisticated behaviour or attitudes. In quot. 1952: prejudice against such behaviour or attitudes.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > qualities of sportsperson
sportsmanship1749
sportsmanliness1778
muckerism1900
needle1923
shamateurism1928
killer instinct1931
playmaking1936
gamesmanship1939
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lout or boor > [noun] > quality or condition of
loutishnessa1556
yahooism1862
muckerism1900
1900 Princeton Alumni Weekly 1 116/1 That is why they feel so strongly about the matter of Muckerism on the baseball field.
1906 Outing Jan. 494/2 We hope it does not mean an entrance of muckerism into our Army and Navy games.
1929 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 3 223 A simple diagnosis of such muckerism would indicate that it arises from a lack of social conditioning rather than from any want of grammatical knowledge or rhetorical finesse.
1952 C. Stead People with Dogs vi. 330 It's muckerism, saying we all grunt in monosyllables!
1972 Current Anthropol. 13 156/3 The pretended abdication of real status..is a peculiarly American muckerism.
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