单词 | mumbo-jumboism |
释义 | mumbo-jumboismn. Worship of a mumbo-jumbo; belief in or use of mumbo-jumbo. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of a mumbo jumbo mumbo-jumboism1883 1883 E. Thring Theory & Pract. Teaching 127 The civilized Mumbo-jumboism which thinks it can award over a whole kingdom the palm of mind. 1896 Science 19 June 886/2 Central African Mumbo-jumboism in fact is one of unchecked romanticism's fruits. 1941 L. MacNeice Poetry of Yeats i. 13 Yeats..tends to think of the poet as priest..[and] has for this reason often been accused of mumbo-jumboism. 1997 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 25 Sept. p2 The film's..mix of high-calibre performances with an undiluted dose of Elemental Male mumbo-jumboism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1883 |
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